Legal Opinion
Bryant v. Hackett
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided March 7, 1934PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMaltbie, C. J.
In certain respects these two cases present similar questions and they can best be discussed together.
The first case concerns a succession tax imposed upon the estate of Waldo C. Bryant. On July 2d, 1917, Mr. Bryant, a resident of Bridgeport in this State, entered into a trust agreement with the Bankers Trust Company of New York, under which he transferred to it certain securities, of the value at the time in excess of $700,000, to be held by it in trust. The agreement provided, in brief, that the company should hold, invest and reinvest the property and pay the income to Mr. Bryant’s wife,…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Farmers Loan & Trust Co. v. MinnesotaSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Milliken v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Blodgett v. SilbermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- First Nat. Bank of Boston v. MaineSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Coolidge v. LongSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Helvering v. HallockSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Estate of MadisonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1945
- State v. ParadiseSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
- Hackett v. Bankers Trust Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1936
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1946
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