Legal Opinion

Brown v. International Trust Company

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided December 13, 1954No. 17348PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Moore

We will herein refer to the parties by name. The controlling facts which give rise to this controversy are not in dispute. January 6, 1952, one Carroll H. Wegemann died in the City and County of Denver leaving a will dated September 25, 1951. This will was admitted to probate and defendant in error Isabel Becker was appointed administratrix with the will annexed., The will contained a provision as follows: “All my life insurance which is now made payable to the International Trust Co., and which is in the National Life, Aetna and Union Central is to be paid to Frederick Brown of England.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Kelley v. SnowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
  2. People v. Northern Trust Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1919
  3. Leahy v. Old Colony Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
  4. Security Trust Co. v. SpruanceCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1934

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Ridge v. BrightSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1956
  2. Denver National Bank v. Von BrechtSupreme Court of Colorado · 1958
  3. In RE ESTATE OF McCREATHColorado Court of Appeals · 2009
  4. Connecticut General Life Insurance Co. v. First National Bank of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
  5. Denver National Bank v. Von BrechtSupreme Court of Colorado · 1958

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