Legal Opinion
Grabowski v. Bristol
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided July 24, 2001No. AC 21206PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PETERS, J.
This case arises out of a testamentary charitable trust that conveyed a designated parcel of property to the city of Bristol. In compliance with the will, the city has used the property for park or recreational purposes. The question before us is whether the city violated a clause in the will precluding use of the conveyed property for recreational purposes if the conveyed property was contiguous to other city owned property that was being used for recreational purposes. The trial court held that this provision was satisfied by extensive fencing of the conveyed property. We…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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