Farnam v. Farnam
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit by executors and trustees for an adjudication as to the construction and validity of a will; brought to the Superior Court. The following facts, set forth in the complaint, were admitted by the parties and found by the court: Henry Farnam, of New Haven in this state, died in Oe‘tober, 1883, leaving an estate, mainly personal, of eighteen hundred thousand dollars, and a will, executed on the 22d of April, 1882, which was duly proved in the probate court after his death.
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Suit by executors and trustees for an adjudication as to the construction and validity of a will; brought to the Superior Court. The following facts, set forth in the complaint, were admitted by the parties and found by the court: Henry Farnam, of New Haven in this state, died in Oe‘tober, 1883, leaving an estate, mainly personal, of eighteen hundred thousand dollars, and a will, executed on the 22d of April, 1882, which was duly proved in the probate court after his death. He left a widow, and five children, four of the children being sons of the ages respectively, at the time of the…
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
The testator’s will contains the following articles:—
“ Fourth. All the rest and residue of my estate of every kind and wherever situated, I give, devise and bequeath to my wife, Ann Sophia Farnam, and my children, George Bronson Farnam, William Whitmore Farnam, Charles Henry Farnam, Sarah Sheffield Farnam, wife of Eli Whitney, Jr., and Henry Walcott Farnam, and to the survivors and survivor of them, as joint tenants in fee simple, but in trust for the uses and purposes following, to wit:—
“ 1st. Out of the net income and profits thereof to pay to my said wife, Ann Sophia Farnam, during her…
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