Union & New Haven Trust Co. v. Sellek

Mark M. Sellek died, a resident of New Haven, in 1931. In his will he gave several legacies to individuals and one to a hospital, and provided a trust fund for the support of a brother, the principal to be distributed at the brother’s death. Then followed the seventh article, in which he gave the sum of $50,000 to the plaintiff in trust, the part relevant to the issues before us reading as follows: “. .. to invest the same and divide equally the income therefrom, after payment of all the expenses attendant upon its execution, to my brothers, Albert E. Sellek, now of Chicago, Illinois, George…