Butler v. Sisson
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Bill ih equity to compel the transfer of certain stocks and the payment of money; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County.
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Bill ih equity to compel the transfer of certain stocks and the payment of money; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County. The petition alleged that Jonathan Butler, of West Hartford in this state, died in 1855 leaving a considerable estate, and a will by which, after giving certain legacies, he disposed of the residue of his estate as follows:—“ To my two children, George and Eliza Butler, two undivided third parts, in equal portions, to them and their heirs forever; and to my son, Nathan Butler, the use, occupation and income, during his life, of the remaining third part. If,…
1Opinion of the CourtPardee, J.
The petitioners seek the aid of a court of equity to compel the transfer to the Security Company, administrator with the will annexed of the estate of Jonathan Butler, of certain insurance stocks which stood in the name of Nathan Butler at his death, in which they claim *588that the latter had only a life interest, making them now. the assets of the former estate and held by Sisson, the administrator of the Nathan Butler estate, without authority or only as holder of the bare legal title in trust for the administrator of the Jonathan Butler estate. The respondent, without meeting the question…
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