BANKERS TRUST CO. v. PEARSON


140 Conn. 332 (1953)

BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, EXECUTOR AND TRUSTEE (ESTATE OF EDWARD J. PEARSON), ET AL. v. HARLOW S. PEARSON ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided August 13, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Timbers, with whom, on the brief, was Francis P. Schiaroli, for the plaintiffs.

Charles M. Lyman, with whom were Joseph C. Hogan of the New York bar and, on the brief, Spencer S. Hoyt, for the named defendant.

Richard H. Bowerman, with whom, on the brief, was Mary E. Manchester, for the defendants Julia P. Hunt et al.

Arthur L. Shipman, Jr., for the defendant Annabelle W. Pearson.

Samuel H. Platcow, pro se, guardian ad litem for the defendants Ann H. Pearson et al.

J. Stephen Knight, with whom, on the brief, was Max H. Schwartz, for J. Stephen Knight, guardian ad litem for the defendants Merrill Hunt et al.

David L. Daggett, pro se, guardian ad litem for the defendants Anne Warner et al.

Joseph L. Melvin, for the defendant Cornell University.

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


INGLIS, J.

This reservation calls for the interpretation of the will of Edward J. Pearson, late of New Haven. The following facts have been stipulated: The testator died on December 7, 1928, leaving a will which had been executed on October 20 of the same year. Surviving were his widow Gertrude S. Pearson; his only son, Harlow S. Pearson; his mother, Lucy Pearson; his brother, Raymond A. Pearson; his two sisters, Anne P. Warner and Julia Pearson Hunt; his brother...

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