CONNECTICUT BANK & TRUST CO. v. HILLS


157 Conn. 375 (1969)

THE CONNECTICUT BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, TRUSTEE (ESTATE OF HELEN HART) v. THOMAS K. HILLS ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided January 8, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford S. Burdge, Jr., with whom was Sherin V. Reynolds, for the appellant (defendant William S. Hills).

James F. Dawson, with whom, on the brief, was Joseph Neiman, for the appellee (named defendant).

Charles W. Page, appeared for the plaintiff but did not argue the cause.

KING, C. J., ALCORN, HOUSE, THIM and RYAN, JS.


KING, C. J.

The plaintiff bank is the trustee of an irrevocable, inter vivos trust established by Helen Hart, of Hartford, on January 27, 1949. The provisions of the trust which are material to a disposition of this proceeding may be stated in simplified form as follows: The trust, the validity and interpretation of which was to be governed by the laws of Connecticut, provided that the income be paid to Lotta J. Kirkpatrick during her lifetime; that at her death the...

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