Legal Opinion
Yale University v. Blumenthal
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided March 16, 1993No. 14441PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCallahan, J.
This case concerns the proper application and use of a bequest made to the Yale School of Medicine in the will of Thomas F. Smallman, a physician. Smallman was an alumnus of the Yale School of Medicine, a member of the class of 1905. He died in Brooklyn, New York, in 1928, leaving a will that he had executed a short time prior to his death. He was survived by his wife, Jane C. Smallman. In article 22 of his will, Smallman left $225,000 in trust for his wife, directing that it be invested and that the net income be paid to her in quarterly installments during her lifetime, or until she…
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