Connecticut Trust & Safe Deposit Co. v. Hollister
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit to determine the validity and construction of the will of Thomas Hollister of Bristol, deceased, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County and reserved by that court, Prentice, J., upon the facts alleged in the complaint, for the consideration and advice of this court.
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Suit to determine the validity and construction of the will of Thomas Hollister of Bristol, deceased, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County and reserved by that court, Prentice, J., upon the facts alleged in the complaint, for the consideration and advice of this court. The trust was constituted by the seventh clause of the will, as follows: “ Seventh: I give and bequeath in trust to my friend Dan A. Miller, Esq., of Bristol, all my Insurance Stocks, and all the remainder of my personally, estate together with the Ten Thousand Dollars (the use and income of which I have given to my…
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
Specific legacies, when no contrary intention appears from the will, vest at the testator’s death. Platt v. Platt, 42 Conn. 330. The legacy of the insurance stocks, in the will now in question, was specific, and so carried the benefit of any dividends, which might be declared upon them after the testator’s death, to the trustee. There is nothing to indicate that any different disposition was intended of the residuary personal estate. The testator contemplated the creation of a single productive fund, and we think the twenty year period, during which the income to accrue from it was to be held…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Greene v. HuntingtonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1900
- Tarrant v. BackusSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1893
- Platt v. PlattSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1875
3Cited by27 opinions
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