BANKERS TRUST CO. v. VARIELL


143 Conn. 524 (1956)

BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, EXECUTOR AND TRUSTEE (ESTATE OF WARREN L. GREEN) v. KATHARINE S. VARIELL, ADMINISTRATRIX C.T.A. (ESTATE OF FRITS V. HOLM), ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided June 25, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter G. Farr, Jr., with whom was Morris Tyler, for the appellants (defendants Calder et al.).

Frank L. Wilder, for the appellee (named defendant).

Morgan P. Ames appeared for the plaintiff.

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


BALDWIN, J.

The plaintiff as executor and trustee under the will of Warren L. Green brought this action to determine the validity and effect of the exercise of a power of appointment given by the testator to his daughter. The court rendered judgment finding the exercise of the power valid as to the named defendant's decedent, and the other defendants have appealed.

The testator, Green, died on August 12, 1919. He left a will, dated December 6, 1918, which...

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