SMITH v. GROTON


147 Conn. 272 (1960)

JOHN H. SMITH, ADMINISTRATOR D.B.N., C.T.A. (ESTATE OF JOHN M. CHAPMAN), ET AL. v. TOWN OF GROTON

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided April 5, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abram A. Washton, for the appellants (plaintiffs).

John C. Dennis, with whom, on the brief, was J. Rodney Smith, for the appellee (defendant).

BALDWIN, C. J., MELLITZ, SHEA, ALCORN and HOUSE, JS.


MELLITZ, J.

The three plaintiffs, administrators of the estates of John M. Chapman, George H. Chapman and Walter E. Chapman, each claim an undivided one-fourth interest in property of the defendant upon which a junior high school is now located. The property was originally owned by one Robert Chapman, who died on March 11, 1889. The decedents whose estates are represented by the plaintiffs were sons of Robert Chapman. The...

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