STANTON v. STANTON


140 Conn. 504 (1953)

W. EDWIN STANTON, EXECUTOR (ESTATE OF BENJAMIN C. STANTON) [WALTER A. HYDE, ADMINISTRATOR, D.B.N., C.T.A., SUBSTITUTED PLAINTIFF] v. W. EDWIN STANTON [EDWARD F. STANTON, ADMINISTRATOR, SUBSTITUTED DEFENDANT] ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided December 22, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles V. James, for the plaintiff.

Carl H. Amon, Jr., of the Massachusetts bar, with whom, on the brief, was Daniel L. Brown, for the defendants Clarence Ralph et al.

T. Emmet Clarie, for the defendants Annette L. Jerome et al.

Lester L. Egan, with whom, on the brief, was Joseph P. Smith, for the defendant C. Stanton Gallup, Trustee.

Paul J. Driscoll, with whom, on the brief, were Allyn L. Brown, Jr., and Charles W. Jewett, for the defendant Edward F. Stanton, Administrator.

Henry H. Pettis, for the defendants Voluntown Baptist Church et al.

BALDWIN, INGLIS, O'SULLIVAN, QUINLAN and WYNNE, JS.


INGLIS, C. J.

Upon this reservation we are asked to construe the fifth, seventh and eighth paragraphs of the will of Benjamin G. Stanton. These paragraphs are set forth in full in the footnote.1 The will was executed on November 24, 1944. A codicil thereto, dated September 18, 1946, substituted the plaintiff for the executor named in the will and added two trustees but otherwise made no changes...

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