DEI CAS v. MAYFIELD

(12688)

199 Conn. 569 (1986)

WILMA DEI CAS, EXECUTRIX (ESTATE OF MARY B. SHAW), ET AL. v. MARIE MAYFIELD ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released May 13, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wesley W. Horton, with whom were Alexandra Davis and, on the brief, William R. Moller and Richard C. Stewart, for the appellant (named defendant).

Sandra M. McLean, with whom was C. Ian McLachlan, for the appellees (plaintiffs).

PETERS, C. J., SHEA, SANTANIELLO, CALLAHAN and MORAGHAN, JS.


CALLAHAN, J.

The defendant, Marie Mayfield, has appealed from a judgment rendered by the Appellate Court in favor of the plaintiff, Wilma Dei Cu.1 The sole issue on appeal is whether the Appellate Court erred when it construed the language of the will of William Shaw, the father of both the plaintiff and the defendant, to give his wife, and their mother, Mary B. Shaw, a fee simple absolute in...

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