Union Trust Co. v. Sheldon
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit to determine the construction of a deed of trust, •brought to and reserved by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Ralph Wheeler, J., upon the facts stated in the complaint, for the advice of this court.
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Suit to determine the construction of a deed of trust, •brought to and reserved by the Superior Court in New Haven County, Ralph Wheeler, J., upon the facts stated in the complaint, for the advice of this court. On November 29th, 1901, Mary T. Denton executed and delivered to the plaintiff a deed of trust, and at the same time delivered to it the property mentioned in the deed, amounting to about $90,000. The next day she married Lewis P. Sheldon, and they are two of the parties to this action. They have two children living, Huntington D. Sheldon and Suzanne S. Sheldon, minors, who are also…
1Opinion of the CourtThayer, J.
The only present question between the plaintiff and the defendants is whether, upon the facts stated in the complaint, the plaintiff, as trustee under the trust deed, is bound to pay to Mrs. Sheldon, under either of the two requests which have been delivered to it, $5,000 out of the principal of the trust fund created by the deed.
Whether any court or tribunal has authority to appoint successors to Eugene S. and Louis H. Bristol, if such successors have not already been properly appointed, are matters in which the plaintiff has no present concern. It is not the party to move in the matter of…
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- Allen Appeal from ProbateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1897
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