http://www.oyez.org/cases/1792-1850/1798/ U.S. Supreme Court Cases, presented by The Oyez Project (www.oyez.org) en-us <p>Mr. and Mrs. Caleb Bull, the stated beneficiaries of the will of Norman Morrison, were denied an inheritance by a Connecticut probate court. When the Bulls attempted to appeal the decision more than a year and a half later, they found that a state law prohibited appeals not made within 18 months of the original ruling. The Bulls persuaded the Connecticut legislature to change the restriction, which enabled them to successfully appeal the case. Calder, the initial inheritor of Morrison's estate, took the case to the Supreme Court.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1792-1850/1798/1798_0/