Legal Opinion
Hartford National Bank & Trust Co. v. VonZiegesar
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided December 21, 1966PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHouse, J.
This action was brought by the plaintiff, as successor trustee of an inter vivos trust, seeking an interpretation of the trust instrument so that the proper distributees of a portion of the corpus might be determined. The trust was created on January 22, 1919, by Mary B. Brainard, hereinafter referred to as the settlor. In two clauses at the commencement of the trust instrument, the settlor recited previous gifts to all her children with the exception of a deceased daughter, who was “represented by a daughter Marion, and a son Ward,” and expressed her desire to make provision for these two…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- New York Life Insurance & Trust Co. v. WinthropNew York Court of Appeals · 1923
- Mooney v. TollesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1930
- Union & New Haven Trust Co. v. AckermanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1932
- Hooker v. HookerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1943
- Carpenter v. PerkinsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1910
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Connecticut National Bank v. ChadwickSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
- Naier v. BeckensteinConnecticut Appellate Court · 2011
- Hartford National Bank & Trust Co. v. BirgeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1970
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