Bishop v. Howarth
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Shit to compel tlie defendants to pay a certain debt secured by mortgage upon certain property of the plaintiffs, •which the plaintiffs claimed was a charge upon certain property bequeathed to the defendants by John H. Howarth deceased, all the parties being children of said Howarth and claiming under his will; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County, and tried before _F. B. Hall, J. Facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiffs, and appeal by the…
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Shit to compel tlie defendants to pay a certain debt secured by mortgage upon certain property of the plaintiffs, •which the plaintiffs claimed was a charge upon certain property bequeathed to the defendants by John H. Howarth deceased, all the parties being children of said Howarth and claiming under his will; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County, and tried before _F. B. Hall, J. Facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiffs, and appeal by the defendants. The case is fully stated in the opinion. 1. The settled as well as natural meaning of phraseology giving land or…
1Opinion of the CourtLoomis, J.
The plaintiffs, Mary A. Bishop and Jeannette M. Bradley, are the daughters, and the defendants, Edward R., John H., and Arthur M. Howarth, the sons, of the late John H. Howarth of New Haven, who died on the 7th day of July, 1885, leaving a will executed April 8th, 1878, with a codicil executed November 10th, 1884. The following is a copy of the will:—
“I, John H. Howarth, of the town of New Haven and state of Connecticut, do make and publish this my last will and testament.
“ I give, devise and bequeath to my three sons, Edward R. Howarth, John H. Howarth, Jr., and Arthur M. Howarth, my store…
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