In re the Estate of Huntington

S. Samuel Di Falco, S.

The testatrix was domiciled in California. Her will created a trust in the sum of two million dollars for the life use of her son Archer, and, in the circumstances which have now come to pass, gave to him a general testamentary power to appoint the corpus.. Archer Huntington died a resident of Connecticut, leaving a will which made no mention of the power to appoint this trust fund. His will has been admitted to probate in Connecticut. The question now at issue is whether he exercised the power of appointment, and if so, to what extent the appointment is valid.

At first…