Legal Opinion
Haggin v. International Trust Co.
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided December 3, 1917No. 9013PublishedCited by 13 opinions
Action involving objections and protest to the admission , of a will to probate, as to a bequest to the city of Denver. Objections and protest overruled. Error to the County Court of the City and County of Denver, Hon. Ira C. Rothgerber, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
delivered the opinion of the court. '
This action is to review the judgment of the County Court of the City and County of Denver, admitting to probate the last will and testament of J. H. -P. Voorhies, over the objections and protests of plaintiffs in error, as to one specific bequest. The protest goes to provisions of the will, with supplemental codicils as follows:
“Eleventh. All the rest and residue of my estate, real, personal and mixed, when sold and converted into cash by my executor, shall be devoted and applied to the construction of an ornamental gate or arch of stone at some entrance…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- BartlettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
- Clayton v. HallettSupreme Court of Colorado · 1902
- Craig v. SecristIndiana Supreme Court · 1876
- In re Estate of GravesIllinois Supreme Court · 1909
- Estate of SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
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- West Indies v. First Nat. Bank of NevadaNevada Supreme Court · 1950
- Noel v. OldsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1943
- Sarah Manoukian and Gloria Tatigian Individually and as Executrices of the Estate of Kohar Tomasian, Deceased v. John M. TomasianCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
- Jeffreys v. International Trust Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1935
- Archambault's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
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