Chamberlin Appeal from Probate
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeals from orders and decrees of the Court of Probate for the district of Ellington, refusing to appoint an administrator de bonis non upon the estates of Elijah S. Chapman and of Eunice Chapman, deceased, taken to the Superior Court in Tolland County and tried as one case to the court, Prentice, J.; facts found and judgment rendered in each case in favor of the appellant, and appeal by the original appellees for alleged errors in the rulings of the court.
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Appeals from orders and decrees of the Court of Probate for the district of Ellington, refusing to appoint an administrator de bonis non upon the estates of Elijah S. Chapman and of Eunice Chapman, deceased, taken to the Superior Court in Tolland County and tried as one case to the court, Prentice, J.; facts found and judgment rendered in each case in favor of the appellant, and appeal by the original appellees for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. The material facts are as follows: In March, 1879, Elijah S. Chapman died, leaving a will which was in the same month duly approved. The…
1Opinion of the CourtTorrance, J.
In 1879 Mr. Chapman died, leaving a will in which he gave the life use of all his property to his wife, and at her death he gave it to such person or persons as she by her will should appoint. In 1880 the executor under this will rendered Ms final admmistration account, wMch was accepted and allowed. In 1884 Eunice, the wife of Mr. Chapman, died, leaving a will in which she appomted Gelon W. West as the person to receive all the estate of her husband M her possession at her decease, and also gave to him the entire residue of her own estate, m trust to pay the rents and profits of the entire…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Beall v. New MexicoSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Hewitt's Appeal from ProbateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1885
- Mansfield v. LynchSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1890
- Alsop v. MatherSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1831
- Pinney v. BarnesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1845
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Reilly v. Antonio Pepe Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1928
- Mack's Appeal from ProbateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1898
- Deladson v. CrawfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1919
- Eliot's Appeal From ProbateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1902
- Hall v. Meriden Trust & Safe Deposit Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
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