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HEBREW UNIVERSITY ASSN. v. NYE

148 Conn. 223 (1961)

THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION v. GEORGE O. NYE ET AL., EXECUTORS (ESTATE OF ETHEL S. YAHUDA)

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided March 28, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Resnik, with whom, on the brief, was Nathan A. Resnik, for the appellants (defendants).

Louis Feinmark, with whom was Irving Smirnoff, for the appellee (plaintiff).

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

KING, J.

The plaintiff obtained a judgment declaring that it is the rightful owner of the library of Abraham S. Yahuda, a distinguished Hebrew scholar who died in 1951. The library included rare books and manuscripts, mostly relating to the Bible, which Professor Yahuda, with the assistance of his wife, Ethel S. Yahuda, had collected during his lifetime. Some of the library was inventoried in Professor Yahuda's estate and was purchased from the estate by his wife...

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