Houghton v. Brantingham
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit to determine the validity and construction of the will of Martha C. Brantingham of Stamford, deceased, brought to and reserved by the Superior Court in Fairfield County, Burpee, J., upon the facts alleged in the complaint and answers, for the advice of this court. The* testatrix, who resided in Stamford, in this State, executed, while in France, a holographic will in the French language.
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Suit to determine the validity and construction of the will of Martha C. Brantingham of Stamford, deceased, brought to and reserved by the Superior Court in Fairfield County, Burpee, J., upon the facts alleged in the complaint and answers, for the advice of this court. The* testatrix, who resided in Stamford, in this State, executed, while in France, a holographic will in the French language. The will was admitted to probate by the Court of Probate for the district of Stamford. The will is printed in the foot-note,* and the translation of it as filed in the Court of Probate is as follows:—…
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, J.
This case, asking' the judgment of the Superior Court upon the following questions arising upon the will of Martha C. Brantingham, deceased, has been reserved by that court for our advice: “ (1) Do the provisions of the first paragraph of said will create a joint estate in the two sons of the decedent, with right of survivorship, and if so, is the disposition valid? (2) Do the children of said two sons take any interest by virtue of said first paragraph, except in the case of the parent predeceasing the testatrix? (3) Do the provisions of the first and second paragraphs, taken together,…
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