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BRIDGEPORT-CITY TRUST CO. v. BUCHTENKIRK

143 Conn. 531 (1956)

THE BRIDGEPORT-CITY TRUST COMPANY, ADMINISTRATOR C.T.A. AND TRUSTEE (ESTATE OF ANDREW M. COOPER) v. ELIZABETH J. BUCHTENKIRK ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided June 25, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnson Stoddard, with whom, on the brief, was Alvin C. Breul, Jr., for the appellant (defendant Margaret J. Haentze).

Norwick R. G. Goodspeed, with whom, on the brief, was J. Kenneth Bradley, for the appellants-appellees (named defendant et al.).

John F. McGowan, for the appellees (defendants Samuel S. Lyons et al.).

Albert L. Coles, for the appellees (defendants Alma S. Lyons et al.).

W. Bradley Morehouse appeared for the plaintiff.

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

O'SULLIVAN, J.

Andrew M. Cooper, a resident of Bridgeport, died on July 21, 1926, at the age of fifty-four, leaving no issue. His widow, Sara, died on November 3, 1952. On January 11, 1924, Cooper had executed a will which was admitted to probate on July 28, 1926. The plaintiff, as administrator c.t.a. and trustee, instituted this action to obtain a construction of article third of the will. From the judgment rendered in answering eight questions submitted to the...

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