Close v. Benham
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit to determine the validity and construction of the will of Junius N. Benham of Bridgeport, deceased, brought to and reserved by the Superior Court in Fairfield County, Kellogg, J., upon the facts stated in the complaint, for the advice of this court.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, C. J.
Those provisions of the will of Junius N. Benham which we are asked to construe, gave two thirds of his estate in trust, to pay the net income therefrom equally to his daughters, Mary B. Close and Lizzie Benham, during their lives. Upon the decease of either, one half of the two thirds was given to the issue of the deceased daughter, equally and per stirpes; and in case the deceased daughter left no issue, this share was given to the testator’s “next of kin,” tobe divided among them equally per stirpes.
Lizzie Benham died without issue, and the share whose income she had enjoyed vested in the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Tatham's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1915
- Swasey v. Jaques.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
- Allen v. AlmySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1913
- May v. Lewis.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1903
- Clark v. MackMichigan Supreme Court · 1910
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