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STINSON v. PALMER

146 Conn. 335 (1959)

JESSE B. STINSON ET AL. v. STEPHEN B. PALMER ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided April 15, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Lyman, with whom was Macgregor Kilpatrick, for the appellants (named defendant et al.).

Thomas P. Condon, for the appellees (defendants Julia N. Palmer et al.), with whom were Foster K. Sistare, for the appellee (defendant Robin L. Palmer), and Belton A. Copp, for the appellees (defendants William N. Palmer et al.).

DALY, C. J., BALDWIN, KING, MURPHY and MELLITZ, JS.

MURPHY, J.

The sole question presented for our determination upon this appeal concerns the construction by the trial court of the provisions of one article in the will of William N. Palmer of Stonington, who died August 26, 1940. After making certain cash legacies, the testator set up the entire residue of the estate as a trust from which the net income was to be paid to his wife during her life and widowhood. The sixth article of the will then provided: "Such trust...

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