Chesebro v. Palmer
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Amicable suit for the specific performance of an agreement to purchase real estate, which involved the validity and construction of the will of Edmund D. Chesebro of Stoning-ton, brought to the Superior Court in New London County and reserved by that court, Robinson, J., upon an agreed statement of facts, for the consideration and advice of this court.
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Amicable suit for the specific performance of an agreement to purchase real estate, which involved the validity and construction of the will of Edmund D. Chesebro of Stoning-ton, brought to the Superior Court in New London County and reserved by that court, Robinson, J., upon an agreed statement of facts, for the consideration and advice of this court. The material facts as stated by the parties, are as follows : On October 23d, 1894, the plaintiff and defendant executed a sealed instrument, by which the plaintiff covenanted to sell and convey to the defendant a fee simple in five tracts of…
1Opinion of the CourtHamersley, J.
The plaintiff’s ownership of a fee simple in the land he covenanted to convey to the defendant, is the only question involved in this ease ; and that question must, be determined by the construction of the third section of his uncle’s will, which reads as follows: “I give and bequeath-to George Lasher Chesebro, son of Gideon P. Chesebro, after the decease of my Wife, my house and buildings, also all my Real Estate, viz.: All my lands, wherever situated, together with any and all estate, right or interest in lands which I may acquire after the date of this Will to him, his heirs and assigns…
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