Hoadly v. Wood
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit to determine the construction of the will of Martha W. Brown of Hartford, deceased, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County and reserved by that court, Prentice, J., upon a finding of facts, for the consideration and advice of this court. The testatrix was a widow without any descendants.
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Suit to determine the construction of the will of Martha W. Brown of Hartford, deceased, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County and reserved by that court, Prentice, J., upon a finding of facts, for the consideration and advice of this court. The testatrix was a widow without any descendants. She left pecuniary legacies, amounting in all to $31,000, to her relations, as follows: $6,000 to her sister, Mrs. Juliaette Childs; $5,000 to Caroline M. Wood, widow of her brother Luke E. Wood, and $500 to one of his grandchildren; $5,000 to Mary E. Wood, widow of her brother, Dr. William…
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
The residuary provision in favor of “ the surviving members of my brothers and sisters families which are above named in equal parts,” refers to the four families named in the next preceding paragraph of the will. No other families had been previously named. The testatrix had given legacies to her sister, to her sisters-in-law, to nephews and nieces, and to a grandniece; but they were left in each case to them individually, without grouping any of them together as members of one family.
It is contended that to confine participation in the residuum to those among whom her wearing apparel, books…
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