Legal Opinion
Connecticut Bank & Trust Co. v. Hurlbutt
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided December 23, 1968PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKing, C. J.
On August 7, 1930, Frank R. Hurl-butt, then of Charleston, West Virginia, as settlor, established an irrevocable inter vivos trust, of which the plaintiff bank is the trustee. The terms of the trust, in simplified form, material to the present controversy, were that the law of Connecticut should govern the validity and interpretation of the trust instrument; that the settlor should receive the net income for his life; that at his death the corpus of the trust should be divided into three parts and a spendthrift trust established for each of his three children; and that, upon the death of the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Greenwich Trust Co. v. TysonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1942
- Brown v. Connecticut Light & Power Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1958
- City of Bridgeport v. ReillySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1946
- Bridgeport-City Trust Co. v. BeachSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1934
- Humphrys v. BeachSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1961
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- City National Bank v. DavisSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- Connecticut Bank & Trust Co. v. CoffinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
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