Legal Opinion
Blodgett v. Union & New Haven Trust Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided March 31, 1930PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMaltbie, J.
In July, 1919, a banking firm in London, England, bought for Mrs. Marguerite Stuart Trowbridge certain bonds and continued to hold them thereafter until her death. On July 14th, 1924, Mrs. Trowbridge wrote the firm a letter, as follows: “I wish the £30,500 Funding Loan that you hold for me to stand in my husband’s name as well as in my own, so that, in the event of my dying suddenly, it may pass to him immediately without any legal formalities. My mother had the Hongkong & Shanghai shares (that you kept for her) put in her name and in mine; at her death they came to me without formalities of…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Saltonstall v. SaltonstallSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Keeney v. Comptroller of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- In Re the Transfer Tax Upon the Estate of KeeneyNew York Court of Appeals · 1909
- In Re the Transfer Tax Upon the Estate of OrvisNew York Court of Appeals · 1918
- Marble v. Treasurer & Receiver GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Erickson v. EricksonOregon Supreme Court · 1941
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- Hartford-Connecticut Trust Co. v. GowdySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1954
- Geib v. McKinneySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
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