Legal Opinion

Mitchell v. Wyckoff

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided July 30, 1936PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtAvert, J.

E. Anna Mitchell died March 28th, 1933, leaving a will. After her death, there were found among her effects three executed contracts with her son, Spofford Frank Wyckoff. Later, he presented to the executors an unexecuted copy of a fourth contract claiming that it had been executed in January, 1919. The first named action was brought by the executors to determine the construction of the several contracts in connection with the will, to determine whether or not the alleged 1919 contract was ever in fact executed, and to procure the advice of the Superior Court in relation to their duties under…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Matthews v. ThompsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
  2. Gest v. GestSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1933
  3. Preston v. PrestonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
  4. Nichols v. McCarthySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1885
  5. Burns & Smith Lumber Co. v. DoyleSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1899

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Robinson v. AtterburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1949
  2. Bialeck v. City of HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1949
  3. Cranley v. SchirmerConnecticut Superior Court · 1967

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