Legal Opinion

Gorham v. Gorham

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided June 15, 1923PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCurtis, J.

By the terms of the will under clause three, the trustee holds one half of the testator’s estate in trust to pay over annually and oftener if convenient, the net income to the four nephews, three nieces, one grandnephew, and one grandniece of the testator, in the proportions therein specified. These relatives, whom for convenience we will speak of as the five nephews and four nieces of the testator, all survived the testator, who died April 6th, 1921. Since the testator’s death two of these relatives have died leaving children surviving them. The rights of children of the deceased nephew and…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Spooner v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1892
  2. Close v. BenhamSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1921
  3. Eaton v. EatonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1914
  4. Greene v. HuntingtonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1900
  5. Eaton v. EatonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1914

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Kress v. CoreyNevada Supreme Court · 1948
  2. First National Bank & Trust Co. v. BakerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1938
  3. State Bank & Trust Co. v. NolanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
  4. Bankers Trust Co. v. PearsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1953
  5. Willis v. HendrySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1940

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