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FIDELITY TITLE & TRUST CO. v. CLYDE

143 Conn. 247 (1956)

THE FIDELITY TITLE AND TRUST COMPANY, EXECUTOR (ESTATE OF THEODORE SCHROEDER) v. ETHEL CLYDE ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided March 13, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack H. Courage, for the appellant (named defendant).

Sidney Vogel, for the appellant (defendant Leslie Kuhn).

Morgan P. Ames, for the appellee (defendant Hortense Schroeder Hawkes).

George W. Oberst, for the appellee (defendant Caroline Schroeder Warden).

Gordon R. Paterson appeared for the plaintiff but did not argue the cause.

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

O'SULLIVAN, J.

Theodore Schroeder of Greenwich died on February 10, 1953, leaving a will dated April 16, 1952, which he had drafted in his own handwriting on a stock legal form. The will was admitted to probate on March 3, 1953, and the plaintiff qualified as executor. All debts of the estate and the administration expenses have been paid and there is now on hand for distribution the sum of $36,412.03. The plaintiff brought this action seeking a construction of the...

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