Legal Opinion
Fulton Trust Co. v. Trowbridge
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided February 7, 1940PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJennings, J.
The deceased adopted a son after the execution of his will. The question to be decided is whether that adoption revoked the will under the terms of General Statutes, § 4880.
The finding discloses the following facts: Gardiner Trowbridge and his wife lived together from the time of their marriage in 1915 to the date of Mr. Trow-bridge’s death in 1938. They had no children. In 1926 Mrs. Trowbridge obtained from an adoption nursery a child ten months old named Carl IToughtaling. A rule of the nursery, known to both Mr. and Mrs. Trowbridge, required the adoption of such a child after a year’s…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States v. SladeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1937
- Stearns v. StearnsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
- Ellis v. DardenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1890
- Sutton v. HancockSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
- Strong v. StrongSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1927
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3Cited by14 opinions
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