STATE v. CAMBRIA


137 Conn. 604 (1951)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. THOMAS C. CAMBRIA, ADMINISTRATOR (ESTATE OF WILLIAM A. GRIFFIN)

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided March 27, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest H. Halstedt, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, was William L. Hadden, attorney general, for the plaintiff.

William M. Citron and Don Cambria, for the defendant.

BROWN, C. J., JENNINGS, BALDWIN, INGLIS and O'SULLIVAN, JS.


O'SULLIVAN, J.

The parties have stipulated as to the following facts: William Griffin of Essex was struck and killed by an automobile on September 14, 1947. The defendant is the administrator on his estate. An action for wrongful death was settled for $2100. The plaintiff presented a claim against the estate based upon a ten-year grant of old-age benefits to the intestate during his lifetime. The claim was allowed, but payment was denied on the ground that it would...

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