SULLIVAN v. UNION & NEW HAVEN TRUST CO.


147 Conn. 178 (1960)

JOHN L. SULLIVAN, TAX COMMISSIONER v. UNION AND NEW HAVEN TRUST COMPANY ET AL., EXECUTORS (ESTATE OF WINCHESTER BENNETT)

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided February 3, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herman Levine, inheritance tax attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Albert L. Coles, attorney general, and Frederic W. Dauch, first assistant tax commissioner, for the plaintiff.

John H. Weir, with whom, on the brief, was William M. Mack, for the defendants.

BALDWIN, C. J., KING, MURPHY, MELLITZ and SHEA, Js.


MURPHY, J.

The defendants are the executors under the will of Winchester Bennett of Branford, who died January 17, 1953. His daughter-in-law, Dorothy C. Bennett, survived both him and his son, Thomas G. Bennett II, her husband, who had died March 29, 1952. She has not remarried. Before his death, the testator made to Dorothy certain gifts which are subject to the succession tax, as is also a trust fund created for her under his will. The plaintiff, the tax commissioner...

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