Legal Opinion
Crane v. Manchester
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided June 19, 1956PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDaly, J.
Lucy J. Meeker of New Haven died on February 25, 1955, leaving an instrument dated November 23, 1953, and another dated September 30, 1954, which on March 4, 1955, were admitted to probate as her last will and a codicil thereto. From this decree the plaintiff, a grandniece of the deceased, appealed to the Superior Court, alleging in her reasons of appeal that at the time the decedent executed the instruments, and for some time prior thereto, she lacked testamentary capacity and that the instruments offered for probate and admitted by the Probate Court are not the last will and codicil of the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Zullo v. ZulloSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1952
- Hatheway v. SmithSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1907
- Thaw v. Town of FairfieldSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1945
- Livingston's Appeal From ProbateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1893
- Lockwood v. LockwoodSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1908
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Lillico v. PerakosSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1965
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