Clark v. Platt
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Bill of interpleader. Benjamin Bronson, in 1846, conveyed certain property to one Clark in .trust, to pay tbe income beyond what was necegsary for Ms own support, to his wife Minerva, and his daughters Mary, Alvira and Alzora. The deed provided that whenever his wife and daughters, or the survivors, should request, Clark should convey the property to such person as they might appoint.
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Bill of interpleader. Benjamin Bronson, in 1846, conveyed certain property to one Clark in .trust, to pay tbe income beyond what was necegsary for Ms own support, to his wife Minerva, and his daughters Mary, Alvira and Alzora. The deed provided that whenever his wife and daughters, or the survivors, should request, Clark should convey the property to such person as they might appoint. In 1848 Alvira died without issue and unmarried; Mary married one Platt, and the wife of the grantor was divorced and afterwards married one Cary. In January 1850 the trustee, together with Benjamin Bronson,…
1Opinion of the CourtButler, J.
We are all of opinion that after a proper allowance to the petitioner, for the services of his intestate and his own expenses, the money should be paid to Mrs. Platt.
The trust deed of 1846 is not open to the objection that it *285limited a fee simple after a fee simple ; nor that it substituted a fee simple for a fee simple upon a contingency. The provision for a conveyance ou request to a third person, was a mere provision for a change of trustee. After the trusts for life were determined, the fee simple was to be conveyed to the children of the grantor, who should then be living, whenever they…
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