Bridgeport Trust Co. v. Marsh
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit to determine the construction of the will of Edward W. Marsh of Bridgeport, deceased, brought to and reserved by the Superior Court in Fairfield County, Greene, J., upon the facts alleged in the complaint, for the advice of this court. Edward W. Marsh, late of Bridgeport, died January 23d, 1913, leaving a widow, no lineal descendants, and a will executed August 5th, 1912, which was duly probated.
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Suit to determine the construction of the will of Edward W. Marsh of Bridgeport, deceased, brought to and reserved by the Superior Court in Fairfield County, Greene, J., upon the facts alleged in the complaint, for the advice of this court. Edward W. Marsh, late of Bridgeport, died January 23d, 1913, leaving a widow, no lineal descendants, and a will executed August 5th, 1912, which was duly probated. At the time of the execution of his will he was in his seventy-seventh year. He was then, as he had been for about sixteen years, treasurer of the People’s Savings Bank of Bridgeport, in the…
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, C. J.
The answer to several of the questions propounded for advice is controlled by the construction to be given to the provisions of the fifth clause of the will touching the time when the two classes of payments therein provided for are to be made. The first of these classes comprises those of specific amounts. The persons and corporations made the recipients of them will hereinafter, for convenience sake, be .designated as the special beneficiaries. The second class consists of those corporations to which shares in the final residue are given. They, for purposes of distinction, will be referred…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Connecticut Trust & Safe Deposit Co. v. HollisterSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1901
- Farnam v. FarnamSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1885
- Greene v. HuntingtonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1900
- State v. MainSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1913
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