Johnson v. Stanton
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Bill in equity, brought to the superior court by the petitioner as trustee tinder the will of Jabez W. Huntington, praying for the advice of the court as to the construction of the will.
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Bill in equity, brought to the superior court by the petitioner as trustee tinder the will of Jabez W. Huntington, praying for the advice of the court as to the construction of the will. Jabez W. Huntington of Norwich died on the 2d day of November, 1847, leaving a will dated November 19, 1845, the material part of which was as follows:— “ I direct my executor, within a reasonable time after my decease, to invest in his own name, or in the name of such other person as he may designate, the sum of seventeen thousand dollars of my estate, in such stock, securities, loans or other form of…
1Opinion of the CourtHinjian, C. J.
The question in this cause respects the title to a fund of $17,000 which the late Judge Huntington by his will directed to be invested and held, and the income thereof paid to his widow for her use and disposal; and at her decease the principal, and all the income which had not then become due, to be paid over to his father, Zachariah Huntington, if then alive, but if dead, then to such person or persons as his father should by his last will and testament designate and appoint. Zachariah Huntington died previ*302ously to the widow of his son Jabez W., making no appointment by his will of any…
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