Grant v. Grant
Supreme Court of Connecticut
ACTION for tbe specific enforcement of an oral contract alleged to have been made with the plaintiff by the defendant’s intestate, and such remedy failing, then for $5,000, damages ; brought to the Superior Court in Litchfield County. The case was heard by a committee who found and reported the facts, and the Superior Court, (Fenn, Jl,) having accepted the report and found the facts therein contained to be true, reserved the case for the advice of this court.
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ACTION for tbe specific enforcement of an oral contract alleged to have been made with the plaintiff by the defendant’s intestate, and such remedy failing, then for $5,000, damages ; brought to the Superior Court in Litchfield County. The case was heard by a committee who found and reported the facts, and the Superior Court, (Fenn, Jl,) having accepted the report and found the facts therein contained to be true, reserved the case for the advice of this court. The case is fully stated in the opinion. ' T.’ The authorities are numerous that an agreement to make a certain disposition of property…
1Opinion of the CourtFeNN, J.
The plaintiff, now twenty-three years of age, when about four, went to reside with William Grant of Tor-rington, and his wife, in consequence of a -verbal promise made by Mr. Grant to her parents, that if they would let him adopt the child as his own, he would take her with him to his home, and as he and his wife had no children of their own, they would educate and maintain her; that he had some property, and when he died the child should have it, what there was left of it, just the same as if she were his own daughter. Immediately after she went to reside in the family Mr. Grant and his wife…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Wallace v. LongIndiana Supreme Court · 1886
- Reynolds v. . RobinsonNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
- Robinson v. . RaynorNew York Court of Appeals · 1863
- Ellis v. CaryWisconsin Supreme Court · 1889
- Wallace v. RappleyeIllinois Supreme Court · 1882
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3Cited by76 opinions
- Breen v. PhelpsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
- Green v. RichmondMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Ubysz v. DiPietroSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1981
- Santoro v. MackSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1929
- Hendrickson v. MeredithSupreme Court of Virginia · 1933
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