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MINISTERS BENEFIT BOARD v. MERIDEN TRUST CO.

139 Conn. 435 (1953)

THE MINISTERS AND MISSIONARIES BENEFIT BOARD OF THE AMERICAN BAPTIST CONVENTION ET AL. v. THE MERIDEN TRUST AND SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY, TRUSTEE (WILL OF LELAND H. IVES), ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided February 3, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur W. Chambers, with whom were Gordon P. Chambers and, on the brief, George C. Conway, attorney general, and William L. Beers, deputy attorney general, for the plaintiffs.

Denis T. O'Brien, Jr., with whom were Robert M. Luby and, on the brief, William M. Luby and Denis T. O'Brien, 3d, for the defendants.

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

O'SULLIVAN, J.

This matter came to the Superior Court as an appeal from probate, taken jointly by the Ministers and Missionaries Benefit Board and the attorney general of the state of Connecticut. The order from which the appeal was taken was entered by the Probate Court for the district of Meriden. The challenged part of the order provided that one-half of the residue of the estate of Leland H. Ives, deceased, be distributed to his wife's estate. With the consent...

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