Legal Opinion
Belcher v. Phelps
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided January 30, 1929PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, C. J.
The will of Judge Phelps begins with the declaration that the testator makes his will and devises and bequeaths all of his estate. First, he makes three bequests aggregating $4,000 and three annuities aggregating $2,900. These are followed by a gift in trust for his grandson, Harrison F. Phelps, and by a gift to the testator’s wife of the use for life of the residue of the estate. The ninth .of these unnumbered paragraphs reads: “To the children of my niece Elizabeth P. Soule of Dorchester, Massachusetts, in equal shares, one-half of the residue of my estate, to them and each of them and…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Colonial Trust Co. v. BrownSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1926
- Hoadley v. BeardsleySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1915
- Austin v. BristolSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1873
- Shepard v. Union & New Haven Trust Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1927
- Dale v. WhiteSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1866
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Stempel v. Middletown Trust Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1940
- New Haven Bank, N. B. A. v. HubingerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1933
- Trowbridge v. TownsendSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1930
- Colonial Bank & Trust Co. v. StevensSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
- Equitable Trust Co. v. JohnsonCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1944
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