Holmes v. Connecticut Trust & Safe Deposit Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit to determine the validity and construction of the will of Edwin M. Tyrrel of New Hartford, deceased, brought to and reserved by the Superior Court in Litchfield County, Malibie, ./., upon the facts alleged in the complaint and admitted in the respective answers, for the advice of this court. Edwin M. Tyrrel died February 2d, 1915, leaving no widow, personal estate only, and a last will and testament with two codicils thereto.
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Suit to determine the validity and construction of the will of Edwin M. Tyrrel of New Hartford, deceased, brought to and reserved by the Superior Court in Litchfield County, Malibie, ./., upon the facts alleged in the complaint and admitted in the respective answers, for the advice of this court. Edwin M. Tyrrel died February 2d, 1915, leaving no widow, personal estate only, and a last will and testament with two codicils thereto. The defendant, the Connecticut Trust and Safe Deposit Company, is the executor of his will, which has been duly proved. The plaintiff is the duly-appointed and…
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, C. J.
The questions propounded for advice are in form four in number. As we understand them they resolve themselves in effect into two, both of present importance under conditions which have arisen and now exist. The somewhat elaborate provisions of the will suggest that other questions touching them may come to possess importance as events develop. Were advice asked concerning them, we should hesitate to give it, since the contingencies to which they relate have not arisen, and the persons whose interests would be involved are or may not be in existence. Our advice, therefore, will be confined to…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Belfield v. BoothSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1893
- Hoadley v. BeardsleySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1915
- Sumner v. WestcottSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1912
- Jones Appeal from ProbateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1880
- Butler v. FlintSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1917
3Cited by12 opinions
- Greenwich Trust Co. v. TysonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1942
- Colonial Trust Co. v. BrownSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1926
- Deladson v. CrawfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1919
- Willis v. HendrySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1940
- National Bank of Commerce v. GreenbergTennessee Supreme Court · 1953
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