Grant v. Stimpson
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit to determine the validity and construction of the will of Jared Wentworth of Mansfield, deceased, brought to and reserved' by the Superior Court in Tolland County, Reed, J., upon the facts stated in the complaint, for the advice of this court.
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, J.
The testator executed the will in question in 1885 and died in 1887, leaving surviving him his wife, Sophia C^ Wentworth, to whom he was married in 1865, and two grandchildren, Frank J. Wentworth and Mary E. Stimpson, his sole heirs at law. His estate was inventoried at $19,481, and consisted of a homestead valued at $600, which was all the real estate of which he died seized, one hundred shares of the capital stock of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad Company, appraised at $15,000, a deposit in the Willimantic Savings Institute of nearly $1,500, bonds valued at $1,100, household…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Leake v. WatsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1891
- Evans's Appeal from ProbateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1884
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- Nelson v. PomeroySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1894
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