Bristol v. Ontario Orphan Asylum
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit for the construction of a will, brought by the plaintiff as a trustee under it, to the Superior Court in New Haven County, and reserved on facts found for the advice of this court. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtTorrance, J.
The plaintiff is administrator with the will annexed of the estate of James Glynn deceased and also trustee under the will. After the payment of debts and legacies there remains in his hands, as residuary estate applicable to the purposes of the trusts created by the will, a fund of about eighty thousand dollars, consisting wholly of personal property. The testator lived at New Haven, and was a citizen of New Haven when he made his will and when he died.
The will contains, among others, the following provisions:— “ After the payment of my just debts and funeral expenses, I give and bequeath to…
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