Bissell v. Beckwith
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Bill in equity brought by the petitioners, who were devisees under the will of Abbie H. Beckwith deceased, against the respondents, one of whom was her husband, to compel a conveyance of certain real estate, a deed of which to one of the respondents was alleged to have been obtained from her in her life time by a fraudulent combination among them.
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Bill in equity brought by the petitioners, who were devisees under the will of Abbie H. Beckwith deceased, against the respondents, one of whom was her husband, to compel a conveyance of certain real estate, a deed of which to one of the respondents was alleged to have been obtained from her in her life time by a fraudulent combination among them. The bill also prayed for an injunction against the further prosecution of an action at law brought by one of the respondents to recover a bond belonging to the deceased, of which the husband for the same fraudulent purpose had made an assignment to…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCurdy, J.
On the trial of this case before the committee certain letters objected to by the respondents were received in evidence, and the question now respects the propriety of their admission.
It is said'by the petitioners that the statute of 1850 is a remedial one and should be construed liberally, while the respondents urge that, being in derogation of the common law, it should be the subject of a strict construction. The statute of 1848 had allowed parties and other persons interested in suits to be witnesses. This change, although on the whole highly beneficial, was attended with some evils, one…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Rawson v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1848
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- Mucci v. LeMonteSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1969
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