Cullum v. Colwell
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal by the plaintiff from a decree of the Court of Probate for the district of Waterbury approving and admitting to probate the last will of Mary Cullum of Waterbury, deceased, taken to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Holcomb, J.; verdict and judgment confirming the decree of the Court of Probate, and appeal by the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtRoeaback, J.
This case was tried to the jury in the Superior Court, where a verdict was rendered sustaining the will. The appellant contended that the instrument was not properly executed as a will, that at the time of its execution Mrs. Cullum did not have testamentary capacity, and that she was induced to make the will by undue influence.
The reasons of appeal now before us allege errors in the charge of the court, and in its failure to charge as requested.
At the time of her decease the testatrix, Mary Cullum, was sixty-three years of age. She had no children. Her husband, an elderly man, sixty-five…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- State v. RomeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1894
- Freedman v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1909
- Scovill v. BaldwinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1858
- Canada's Appeal from ProbateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1880
- State v. FettererSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1894
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