Johnson v. Belden
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an appeal from the decree of the court of probate for the district of Newtown, made in the settlement of the estate of John Johnson, deceased, who died intestate. At the time of his death, his only surviving child was David H. Johnson, the present appellant. He left, however, other heirs, viz.
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This was an appeal from the decree of the court of probate for the district of Newtown, made in the settlement of the estate of John Johnson, deceased, who died intestate. At the time of his death, his only surviving child was David H. Johnson, the present appellant. He left, however, other heirs, viz. Susan J. Belden, the daughter and only child of Cornelia Belden, deceased ; also Cornelia J. Belden, Clarissa Belden, David Belden and John Belden, heirs at law of Susan Belden, deceased ; said Cornelia Belden and Susan Belden, being daughters of the intestate, who died before their father. By…
1Opinion of the Court
Church, Ch. J.
Questions of advancement generally arise in the settlement of intestate estates. If an estate be testate, the will of the testator is the only law of distribution. But where wills exist, they sometimes dispose of the estate in reference to former advanced portions: in such cases, the law of advancements must also be consulted. Porter & ux. v. Collins, 7 Conn. R. 1. Coveil v. Thayer, 5 Metc. 250. Thompson v. Carmichael, 3 Sand. Ch. R. 120.
Questions of advancement, also, are always questions of intention; and the difficulties in solving them, are generally found in the kind of…
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