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McKenzie's Appeal from Probate

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided November 15, 1874PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Appeal from a decree of a court of probate appointing trustees of certain property given by the will of William M. McKenzie to the appellant; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County, and reserved, upon facts found, for the advice of this court. The case is fully stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtPardee, J.

William M. McKenzie died, leaving a will, the second clause of which we are asked to interpret. It is in the following words :—-

“ I give, bequeath and devise to my wife, Temperance McKenzie, so long as she shall remain my widow, the homestead where we now live ; also all the household furniture, farming utensils, live stock, wagons and harness, together with forty-four shares of the Second National Bank stock, of New'Haven, and ten shares of the New Haven National Bank stock. The real estate to be held by my wife on condition that she remains my widow during her life, to be hers and her heirs…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Taylor v. NunnCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1859

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Mulvane v. RudeIndiana Supreme Court · 1896
  2. Kelley v. MeinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
  3. Law v. DouglassSupreme Court of Iowa · 1899
  4. McNutt v. McCombSupreme Court of Kansas · 1899
  5. Bills v. BillsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1890

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