Goodrich's Appeal from Probate
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Appeal from sundry decrees of a probate court based upon the validity of a certain charitable bequest in the will of Eli Goodrich, deceased; taken to the Superior Court in New Haven County. Facts found and case reserved for the advice of this court.
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Appeal from sundry decrees of a probate court based upon the validity of a certain charitable bequest in the will of Eli Goodrich, deceased; taken to the Superior Court in New Haven County. Facts found and case reserved for the advice of this court. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion. 1. It is provided by a statute enacted in 1807 and in force at the time of the death of the testator, that “ every devise or bequest given in any will to a subscribing witness shall be void.” In Clark v. Hoskins, 6 Conn., 110, it is said that “ this law is a remedial one and should be liberally…
1Opinion of the CourtPardee, J.
Eli Goodrich of Branford died in August 1882, leaving a will made in 1881, the. seventh clause of which is as follows :
“ After the death of my said wife I give, devise and bequeath all the residue of my estate, of whatsoever it may consist, and not otherwise disposed of, to Edwin E. Black*280stone of said town of Branford, in trust for the Protestant Episcopal Society of said town of Branford, the income of said estate to be given to the poor of said society.”
The will was duly admitted to probate in 1882. The executor filed his final account on September 18th, 1885, and on the 30th day of the…
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