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LANCASTER v. BANK OF NEW YORK

147 Conn. 566 (1960)

JOHN E. LANCASTER ET AL. v. THE BANK OF NEW YORK, EXECUTOR (ESTATE OF ROBERT A. LANCASTER) THE BANK OF NEW YORK, EXECUTOR (ESTATE OF ROBERT A. LANCASTER) v. JOHN E. LANCASTER ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided July 19, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Palmer S. McGee, Jr., for the appellant (defendant in the first case and plaintiff in the second).

Morgan P. Ames, with whom, on the brief, was Edward R. McPherson, Jr., for the appellees (plaintiffs in the first case and defendants in the second).

BALDWIN, C. J., KING, MURPHY, MELLITZ and SHEA, JS.

KING, J.

On August 12, 1957, the Probate Court for the district of Ridgefield entered a decree admitting to probate the last will and testament of Robert A. Lancaster, a bachelor, who died, a resident of Ridgefield, on May 7, 1957, leaving a gross estate well in excess of $100,000. From this decree the contestants, who are the decedent's heirs at law, appealed to the Superior Court. The reasons of appeal raised the two statutory...

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