Legal Opinion

Waterbury Trust Co. v. Porter

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided January 13, 1944PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMaltbie, C. J.

The plaintiff, now the sole trustee of a trust provided in the will of David G. Porter, who died in 1905, brought this action, originally or subsequently making defendant all the known heirs-at-law of Mr. Porter, the city of Waterbury and Francis A. Pallotti, the attorney general of the state. The testator directed that when the fund, augmented by possible donations from other sources, should be deemed sufficient, trustees named by him were to establish a school or college on a piece of land in Waterbury forming a part of the trust. The complaint recited that the fund was and in the absence…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Reilly v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1934
  2. Avery, Appeal From ProbateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1933
  3. Musser's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
  4. Bolster v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
  5. California Trust Co. v. HubbellCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1932

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Alarm Applications Co. v. Simsbury Volunteer Fire Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
  2. Mystic Marinelife Aquarium, Inc. v. GillSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1978
  3. Robinson v. FaulknerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
  4. City of New Haven v. Public Utilities CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1974
  5. O'LEARY v. McGuinnessSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1953

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