DISESA v. HICKEY


160 Conn. 250 (1971)

FRANK J. DISESA, EXECUTOR (ESTATE OF DANIEL F. B. HICKEY) v. CARMELA HICKEY ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided January 13, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Barnett, with whom were Samuel Gruber and Basil R. Duncan, for the appellant (named defendant).

Daniel G. Donovan, for the appellee (defendant Marian Harrell).

William J. Murray, with whom was John P. Bigda, for the appellee (defendant Harold N. Hickey et al.).

Martin L. Nigro, for the appellee (defendant DiSesa individually).

Jack H. Courage, for the appellee (defendant Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company).

Henry W. Pascarella, for the appellee (plaintiff).

Bernard F. McGovern, Jr., assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, was F. Michael Ahern, assistant attorney general, for the appellee (defendant Robert K. Killian, attorney general).

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


HOUSE, J.

This was a suit brought by Frank J. DiSesa as executor under the will of Daniel F. B. Hickey to determine the construction of Hickey's will and the validity and effect of the dispositive provisions of a trust indenture which Hickey had entered into during his lifetime.

The basic facts are not in dispute. Hickey was a graduate of the Yale Law School and between 1911 and 1958 had actively practiced law in Connecticut. He was a trained and experienced...

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