BERKELEY v. BERKELEY


152 Conn. 398 (1965)

MADELINE T. BERKELEY v. FREDERICK D. BERKELEY III ET AL., EXECUTORS (ESTATE OF FREDERICK D. BERKELEY), ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided February 17, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter W. Walsh, with whom, on the brief, were Frank W. Flood and Robert K. Walsh, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Samuel R. Dorrance, for the appellees (named defendant et al., executors).

KING, C. J., MURPHY, ALCORN, COMLEY and SHANNON, JS.


KING, C. J.

Frederick D. Berkeley died on February 12, 1962, leaving a last will and testament which was admitted to probate on May 18, 1962, over the objections of his widow, Madeline T. Berkeley, hereinafter referred to as the contestant. In the Superior Court, the contestant amended her reasons of appeal so that her sole reason of appeal was that the decedent's will, executed on October 26, 1961, was revoked by the birth of a child on April 29,

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