QUINN v. TUTTLE

No. 4941.

104 N.H. 1 (1962)

GEORGE E. QUINN v. GUY A. TUTTLE, Adm'r.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

Decided January 29, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter A. Calderwood and Louis H. Silverman (Mr. Silverman orally), for the plaintiff.

Harold E. Wescott and Peter V. Millham (Mr. Millham orally), for the defendant Guy A. Tuttle, administrator d/b/n, c/t/a, estate of Allison E. Tuttle.

Fisher, Parsons & Moran (Mr. Moran orally), for the defendants Ada Downing and Maurice Bennett.


KENISON, C. J.

The decedent Lulu V. Tuttle had a life estate with the power to consume the principal or income of the residue of the estate of her husband Allison E. Tuttle. Lulu's interest was more than a conventional life estate but less than an absolute fee simple interest. Eaton v. Straw, 18 N.H. 320; McPhee v. Colburn, 98 N.H. 406, 410; In re Gile Estate, 95 N.H. 270. Lulu had authority to consume...

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