Legal Opinion
Connecticut National Bank v. Chadwick
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided January 22, 1991No. 14035; 14036PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHull, J.
The dispositive issue in these consolidated appeals is whether the adopted grandchildren of Edwin *262Stanton Fickes, the testator, are included within the term “grandchildren” as used in the testator’s will and, therefore, beneficiaries of a trust created by the will. The trial court found that Donald G. Fickes and Jackson W. Fickes (adopted grandsons), twin boys adopted by the testator’s son, Charles Fickes, before the testator’s death, were entitled to share in the trust assets along with the the testator’s four natural grandchildren, but that Barbara Ann Fickes Lyttle and Heather Webb Fickes…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- State v. OuelletteSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
- Jefferson Garden Associates v. GreeneSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- Mooney v. TollesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1930
- J. Frederick Scholes Agency v. MitchellSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
- Ansonia National Bank v. KunkelSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1927
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- Canaan National Bank v. PetersSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
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