Haussman v. Burnham
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit for the correction of a deed and to compel the conveyance of certain real estate; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County.
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Suit for the correction of a deed and to compel the conveyance of certain real estate; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County. The principal allegations of the complaint were as follows :— 1. On the 1st day of August, 1888, Mary Haussman,.then the wife of the plaintiff, who was married to him prior to January 1st, 1877, died, leaving, as her survivors, her said husband, and the defendants Maria Burnham, now the wife of the- defendant Edward Burnham, and Erwin Larens, her ■heirs at law. 2. On the 11th day of December, 1885, the plaintiff conveyed to his said wife, by a deed to a…
1Dissent
Andrews, C. J.,
(dissenting.) This ease is reserved for the advice of this court. The facts are these. Jacob Haussman and Mary Haussman were married about the year 1867. Each had been married before and each had children by such former marriage. On the 11th dajr of December, 1885, Jacob, being then in feeble health and not expecting to outlive his wife, and intending to make a provision for her after his death, conveyed by a quit-claim deed the premises described in the complaint to an attorney-at-law *140reserving to-himself the use, occupation and control of the same during his natural life. On…
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