CRANE v. MANCHESTER


143 Conn. 498 (1956)

ELLENA P. CRANE v. MARY E. MANCHESTER, EXECUTRIX (ESTATE OF LUCY J. MEEKER), ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided June 19, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nelson Harris, with whom, on the brief, was Joseph B. Apter, for the appellant (plaintiff).

J. Stephen Knight, for the appellees (defendants).

INGLIS, C. J., BALDWIN, O'SULLIVAN, WYNNE and DALY, JS.


DALY, J.

Lucy J. Meeker of New Haven died on February 25, 1955, leaving an instrument dated November 23, 1953, and another dated September 30, 1954, which on March 4, 1955, were admitted to probate as her last will and a codicil thereto. From this decree the plaintiff, a grandniece of the deceased, appealed to the Superior Court, alleging in her reasons of appeal that at the time the decedent executed the instruments, and for some time prior thereto, she lacked testamentary...

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