Legal Opinion
Doris v. McFarland
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 29, 1931PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHaines, J.
The plaintiff is a sister and the administratrix of the estate of Emma Stokes Pilling who died intestate on September 27th, 1923, and the defendants, husband and wife, own, maintain, and conduct an institution at Westport in this State, known as the Halle-Brook, for the custody, care and control of the insane, lunatics, feeble-minded, drug addicts, and so-called “nervous cases.” Upon the application of the mother of the intestate and after hearing, the Court of Probate for the district of Westport, on September 15th, 1909, found the intestate to be insane and so adjudicated, and ordered that…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Brown v. EgglestonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1885
- State v. LeeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1897
- Meriden Savings Bank v. McCormackSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1906
- Woodruff v. New York & New England RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1890
- Johnson's Appeal from ProbateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1899
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3Cited by33 opinions
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- Freund v. BurnsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1944
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