Legal Opinion

Ferris v. Faford

Connecticut Appellate Court

Decided February 14, 2006No. AC 25145PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

BISHOP, J.

The defendants 1 appeal from the judgment of the trial court ordering the opening and setting aside of the decrees of the Probate Court for the district of Eastford, which had admitted and probated a will of Mamie Nahibowitz that devised her property to the defendants. 2 On appeal, the defendants claim that the court (1) abused its discretion in admitting into evidence a certain affidavit under the residual exception to the hearsay rule, (2) improperly held that the decedent’s 1993 will was lost and not revoked, and (3) improperly held that the decrees issued by the Probate…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Dunham v. DunhamSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
  2. State v. HinesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
  3. Santopietro v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
  4. State v. MerriamSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003
  5. State v. LapointeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Duplissie v. DevinoConnecticut Appellate Court · 2006
  2. Hubbard-Hall, Inc. v. Monsanto Co.District Court, D. Connecticut · 2015
  3. Garrigus v. ViarengoConnecticut Appellate Court · 2009
  4. Davis v. Davis-HenriquesConnecticut Appellate Court · 2016
  5. Gallogly v. KurrusConnecticut Appellate Court · 2006

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