Beckwith v. Cowles
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit for a conveyance of real estate, the release of a mortgage, and for damages, brought to the Superior Court in New London County where a demurrer to the complaint was overruled (Greene, J.), and the cause was afterward tried to the court, Ralph Wheeler, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, from which the defendant Cowles appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtRoraback, J.
The following facts, among others, appeared in the complaint or were found by the Superior Court: Jason B. Beckwith died April 23d, 1909, leaving a will, dated December 4th, 1905. By this will, which was duly probated, he specifically devised to his son, the plaintiff in this action, a portion of his real estate, known as the Beckwith homestead, situated in the town of Waterford. The Beckwith homestead, so devised, was of the value of $1,700.
After the death of his wife, in 1892, Mr. Beckwith never engaged in any business, but lived with his children (the plaintiff and his daughters, Mrs.…
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