Legal Opinion
Hollister v. Shaw
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided June 15, 1878PublishedCited by 14 opinions
Petition to the Superior Court for advice as to the construction and effect of certain provisions of the wills of Elnathan Atwater and Margaret Atwater, under the former of which wills the petitioner was a trustee and of the latter executor. Facts found and case reserved for advice. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtPardee, J.
Elnathan Atwater died in 1845, leaving a will, the material portions of which are as follows:
“ Fourth. The remainder, after the life interest of my wife, in all the estate áforesaid, I do hereby divide at the time of my death into four equal parts, which said parts I give, devise and bequeath as is particularly declared and expressed in the following articles of this will. * * *
“ Seventh. One of the said four parts of my estate mentioned in the fourth article of this will I give to my beloved daughter, Margaret Atwater, subject to the regulations and provisions hereinafter contained. * * *
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Blagge v. MilesU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1841
- Bangs v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
- Johnson v. StantonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1861
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- Morffew v. S.F. & San Rafael R.R.California Supreme Court · 1895
- DiSesa v. HickeySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1971
- Lane v. LaneSupreme Court of Delaware · 1903
- Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. v. HuntingtonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1962
- In re SpitzmullerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1951
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