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BARNES v. VIERING

152 Conn. 243 (1964)

ROBERT E. BARNES v. VICTOR v. VIERING, EXECUTOR (ESTATE OF CARRIE T. B. PURINTON), ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided December 15, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Fay, with whom was Richard T. Scully, for the appellant (plaintiff).

William B. Fitzgerald, with whom was William B. Fitzgerald, Jr., for the appellee (named defendant).

Curtis H. Barnette appeared for the appellees (defendant trustees of Yale University).

KING, C. J., MURPHY, ALCORN, COMLEY and SHANNON, JS.

COMLEY, J.

The plaintiff contends that a letter to him from his aunt, Carrie T. B. Purinton, should have been admitted to probate as her last will and testament. The reasons of appeal from the decree of the Probate Court for the district of New Hartford to the Superior Court state that the letter was the last will and testament of Mrs. Purinton, duly executed according to law, without undue influence, fraud or mistake, and that the decedent was of sound mind at the...

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