Legal Opinion
Costello v. Costello
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided April 22, 1948PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtElls, J.
In this action the plaintiff sought recovery upon a claim of $18,000 against his deceased mother’s estate for the reasonable value of services rendered to his father and mother from the spring of 1915 to September 24, 1940. The jury returned a verdict for $13,858 for the plaintiff, the court denied a motion to set it aside, and the defendants appealed from the ruling and from the judgment entered upon the verdict.
The written statement of claim required by General Statutes, § 4915, was duly presented to the executors, was disallowed in its entirety, and this action was brought. This statement…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Grant v. GrantSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1893
- Blakeslee v. Board of Water CommissionersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1936
- State v. GoldbergerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1934
- Gardner v. Freystown Mutual Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
- Schempp v. BeardsleySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1910
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3Cited by12 opinions
- DeCarufel v. Colonial Trust Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1955
- Burns v. GouldSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1977
- Maggi v. MendilloSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1960
- State v. GoldfarbSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1971
- Schwarzschild v. BinsseSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1976
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