Legal Opinion
DiSesa v. Hickey
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided January 13, 1971PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHouse, J.
This was a suit brought by Prank J. DiSesa as executor under the will of Daniel P. B. Hickey to determine the construction of Hickey’s will and the validity and effect of the dispositive provisions of a trust indenture which Hickey had entered into during his lifetime.
The basic facts are not in dispute. Hickey was a graduate of the Yale Law School and between 1911 and 1958 had actively practiced law in Connecticut. He was a trained and experienced lawyer. His first wife died in 1959, at which time he received a share of a trust which she had established in 1921, and of which Manufacturers…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Salvatore v. HaydenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1957
- Kelly v. ParkerIllinois Supreme Court · 1899
- Page v. PhelpsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1928
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3Cited by25 opinions
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