Leake v. Watson
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action by a trustee to recover the value of certain stocks and bonds claimed to belong to the trust estate ; brought to the Superior Court in Fairfield County. Facts found and the case reserved for advice. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtTobkance, J.
This is an action by the plaintiff as trustee of certain estate for Georgianna Nichols, under the will of her father, Charles Bulkley, against the defendant, to recover the value of sundry stocks and bonds, alleged to belong to the trust estate, and to have been received and sold by the defendant as a broker, with knowledge that the same were being sold and disposed of in violation of the trust.
Upon a former hearing before this court, on a reservation made by the Superior Court, it was found that the claims of the parties virtually called for the judicial construction of the will of Charles…
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