Legal Opinion
Cochran v. McLaughlin
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided February 17, 1942PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMaltbie, C. J.
Alice F. Cochran, who died at New Haven in 1939, in her will provided that a trust fund of $200,000 should be established, the income to be paid to her husband and at his death the principal to be paid “to such charitable, benevolent, religious or educational institutions as my said trustees, or their successors, may determine.” She also disposed of the residue of her estate as follows: “All the rest and residue of my estate, real and personal, of which I shall die seized or possessed or to which I shall be in any way entitled or over which I shall have any power of appointment at the time of…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- In Re the Probate of the Will ShattuckNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
- Roden v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1931
- Estate of SutroCalifornia Supreme Court · 1909
- Mitchell v. ReevesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1938
- Adye v. SmithSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1876
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Testone v. Allstate InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
- Alderman v. Hanover Insurance GroupSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1967
- City Savings Bank v. DessoffConnecticut Appellate Court · 1985
- G. A. C. Halff Foundation v. CalvertCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1955
- H. Wadsworth Hight, One of the Executors of the Will of Alice F. Cochran, Deceased v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
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