Hale's Appeal from Probate
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from an order and decree of the Court of Probate for the District of Hartford ascertaining and determining the heirs at law and distributees of the intestate estate of Susan M. Welles, deceased, taken to the Superior Court in Hartford County and reserved by that court, Ulmer, J., upon an agreed.statement of facts, for the consideration and advice of this court.
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Appeal from an order and decree of the Court of Probate for the District of Hartford ascertaining and determining the heirs at law and distributees of the intestate estate of Susan M. Welles, deceased, taken to the Superior Court in Hartford County and reserved by that court, Ulmer, J., upon an agreed.statement of facts, for the consideration and advice of this court. The facts as agreed upon by the parties and found by the court, are as follows: “1. Susan M. Hale, daughter of John M. Hale, married Thomas G. Welles of Hartford, Conn., January 15th, 1873, and died intestate December 18th,…
1Opinion of the CourtHamersley, J.
In the case of the Conn. Trust & Safe Deposit Co., Admr., v. Security Co., Admr., 67 Conn. 438, we held that the fund of $20,000 belonging to Thomas G. Welles as statutory trustee of the personal property of his first wife, Susan M. Welles, vested upon his death in those entitled by law to succeed to the intes.tate estate of his said wife; and that for the purpose of ascertaining the heirs and distributees of that intestate estate in accordance with the method provided by statute, the administrator de lonis non upon the estate of said Susan M. Welles was entitled to recover pos*616session of the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Griswold v. PennimanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1818
- Connecticut Trust & Safe Deposit Co. v. Security Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1896
- Messer v. JonesSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1896
- Goodrich v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885
- Howard v. HowardSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1848
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Blodgett v. Bridgeport City Trust Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1932
- Brown's Appeal From ProbateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1899
- Parlato v. McCarthySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1949
- Hornbeck v. Simmons, No. 705309 (Sep. 6, 1994)Connecticut Superior Court · 1994