Legal Opinion
King v. Gridley
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided January 15, 1879PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Assumpsit; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County, and tried to the court before Eovey, J. Judgment for the plaintiffs, and motion for a new trial by the defendant. ' The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLoomis, J.
This is an action of assumpsit to recover certain sums of money to be paid to three sisters of the defendant as a condition on which he might have the real estate mentioned in his father’s will. Mrs. King, one of the plaintiffs, is one of the sisters, and the plaintiffs hold by assignment the claims of the other two.
The result depends on the proper construction of the will, the language of which is as follows:—
“ I do give and devise unto my son, Norman S. Gridley, the dwelling-house situated at Unionville in the town of Farming-*556ton, and now in my occupation, together with the land and other…
2Cited by3 opinions
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- Kane v. KaneSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1928