SOUTH NORWALK TRUST CO. v. WHITE


146 Conn. 391 (1959)

THE SOUTH NORWALK TRUST COMPANY, EXECUTOR (ESTATE OF ELIAS K. WHITE) v. WILLIAM J. WHITE ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided May 8, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory C. Willis, with whom was Howard W. Benedict, for the appellant (defendant Robert F. Gammon, administrator).

Leslie N. Davis, for the appellees (defendant Carl J. White et al.), with whom were Robert M. Dowling, for the appellees (named defendant et al.), Joseph M. Kaufman, for the appellees (defendants Kelley et al.), and, on the brief, J. Richard Fay, for the appellee (defendant Harry C. White).

Harold E. Drew, for the appellees (defendant Ida M. Williams, administratrix, et al.).

William R. Curtis appeared for the plaintiff.

BALDWIN, KING, MURPHY, MELLITZ and SHEA, JS.


BALDWIN, J.

The testator, Elias K. White, died a resident of Norwalk on May 16, 1924. His will, executed on April 2 in that year, was admitted to probate and the plaintiff was qualified as executor and trustee.

The will created a trust of the residue. It directed the trustee to pay to the testator's widow, Ella L. White, and to his son, Effinger C. White, $1200 a year each from the income of the trust fund, in equal...

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