Legal Opinion
Shay's Appeal from Probate
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided November 22, 1883PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Appeal from the decree of a court of probate. The Superior Court (Andrews, *71,) affirmed the decree, and the appellant appealed to this court. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLoomis, J.
The question which the record presents involves the construction and validity of the following statute (Gen. Statutes, page 361, sec. 15 :)—
“ Upon the death of any married woman, intestate, leaving real estate in which her husband has no estate by the curtesy, but upon which he has made improvements during coverture with her assent or for their mutual benefit, the value of such improvements shall constitute a valid claim against her estate in favor of the husband, and shall be a lien upon such real estate.”
This provision first became a law when' the revision of 1875 took effect. There had…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Childs v. ShowerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1865
- Inhabitants of Medford v. LearnedMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1819
- Gilman v. DisbrowSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1878
- Griswold v. BraggSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1880
- Lessee of Davis v. PowellOhio Supreme Court · 1844
3Cited by4 opinions
- McAdams v. BarbieriSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1956
- Montgomery v. Town of BranfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1928
- Rogers v. County CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1954
- McAdams v. BarbieriSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1956