Security Co. v. Hardenburgh
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit for the construction of a will; brought to the Superior Court. The plaintiff is a trust corporation and executor of the will. Facts found and case reserved for advice. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
The questions in this case depend upon the construction of the following paragraph in the will of Mary Collis Lee: “ I give, devise and bequeath unto Mary *170Lee Hardenburgh, wife of Charles M. Hardenburgh, of the city of Minneapolis, state of Minnesota, the one half part of the residue of my'estate, be the same real, personal or mixed; and if Charles M. Hardenburgh, her husband, is indebted to me in any sum whatever at the time of my decease, I hereby direct that my executor hereinafter named shall transfer the whole of any such indebtedness to Mary Lee Harden-burgh, to be by her received on…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hudson v. WadsworthSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1831
- Langworthy v. ChadwickSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1838
- Landon v. MooreSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1878
- Clarke v. TerrySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1867
3Cited by5 opinions
- Cumming v. PendletonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1931
- Goodrich v. HendersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
- Hartford National Bank & Trust Co. v. ThrallSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1981
- Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. v. MasonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1942
- Terry v. AllenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1891