HARTFORD-CONNECTICUT TRUST CO. v. GOWDY


141 Conn. 546 (1954)

THE HARTFORD-CONNECTICUT TRUST COMPANY, TRUSTEE (ESTATE OF ALBERT A. LONG) v. ELEANOR M. GOWDY ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided August 3, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

I. Oscar Levine, with whom, on the brief, were Melvin S. Katz and Ethel S. Sorokin, for the appellants (defendant Miner et al.).

W. David Keith, for the appellants (defendant Braman et al.).

Donald H. McGilvray, for the appellants (named defendant et al.).

Bernard E. Dubin, with whom, on the brief, was John J. Burke, for the appellee (defendant Lyman, executor).

Henry S. Robinson, Jr., appeared for the plaintiff.

INGLIS, C. J., O'SULLIVAN, WYNNE, DALY and SHANNON, JS.


INGLIS, C. J.

This is an action to construe the will of Albert A. Long. Its provisions may be summarized as follows: By the first paragraph the life use of all of the estate was given to the testator's widow, with power to invade the principal to the extent necessary for her comfortable support and that of any unmarried daughters who might live with her. The second, third and fourth paragraphs gave to the testator's three daughters, Carrie A.

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