Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Connecticut

It depends on how the will/deed reads. If it says "I devise all the real property located at...", then I'd argue it means only the real estate and improvements, which would be the house and fixtures. If it says "real property, improvements and contents", then it would be different. But it also may depend on what the rest of the will says. Most wills would give the life estate in one paragraph, and would then have another paragraph saying something like "all the rest, residue and remainder of my property, whether real, personal or mixed, of whatever nature and wheresoever situated, I give, devise and bequeath to....". If that's in there, I'd say the furnishings don't go with the life estate.