Legal Opinion
Fitzgerald v. East Lawn Cemetery, Inc.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided January 3, 1940PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMaltbie, C. J.
In the will of Dwight W. Tuttle, who died in New Haven in 1922, is this provision: “I do give, devise, and bequeath to my wife Bertha E. Tuttle the sum of Seven Thousand Dollars, Five Thousand Dollars of which is to be expended in the erection of a Memorial Chapel to my deceased mother, with suitable inscription, and to be known as The Tuttle Memorial Chapel. Said Chapel to be erected in East Lawn Cemetery in East Haven, Conn. And the income of the remaining Two Thousand Dollars to be used for the care and custody of the same.” In 1927 the administrator c. t. a. of the estate made an…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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3Cited by9 opinions
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