HARTFORD NATIONAL BANK & TRUST CO. v. YEARLY MEETING


137 Conn. 648 (1951)

HARTFORD NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, TRUSTEE (ESTATE OF WALTER R. JONES) v. YEARLY MEETING OF FRIENDS FOR NEW ENGLAND ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided May 8, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Ewing, for the plaintiff.

James W. Carpenter, for the named defendant.

William K. Cole, with whom was Lucius F. Robinson, Jr., for the defendant Ethel M. Jones.

BROWN, C. J., JENNINGS, BALDWIN, INGLIS and O'SULLIVAN, JS.


BROWN, C. J.

The principal question presented upon the reservation of this action for the construction of the will of Walter R. Jones concerns the disposition of surplus income of a trust under the will.

The testator died at Hartford September 22, 1934, leaving a will executed by him August 24, 1934. After making certain specific bequests and devises, he gave the life use of his shore cottage in Saybrook to his wife, and further directed that the trustee named...

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