Perry v. Bulkley
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit to determine the validity and construction of the will of Henry T. Bulkley, late of Fairfield, deceased, brought to and reserved by the Superior Court in Fairfield County, Gager, J., upon an agreed statement of facts, for the advice of this court.
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Suit to determine the validity and construction of the will of Henry T. Bulkley, late of Fairfield, deceased, brought to and reserved by the Superior Court in Fairfield County, Gager, J., upon an agreed statement of facts, for the advice of this court. Henry T. Bulkley died October 28th, 1881, leaving a widow, but no issue, and an estate, which, after the payment of all debts and charges, amounted, upon the basis of the inventory, to $111,258.23. He left a will, executed in 1871, to which were attached two codicils, one executed in 1876 and the other in 1878. In the original will he provided…
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, J.
This will was made subject to its becoming void upon the happening of certain contingencies which never happened. These provisions may, therefore, be dismissed from consideration.
All the questions presented arise out of the language of the two codicils. By the terms of the original will the testator divided “all the rest, residue and remainder" of his estate equally between his only brother, Augustus Bulkley, and his only sister, Mrs. Perry, to them and their heirs forever. It is apparent that the death, of this brother, childless, prompted the execution of the first codicil, and that its…
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