Vail v. Vail
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Amicable submission upon an agreed statement of •facts, to the Court of Common Pleas of Hartford County; reserved for the advice of this court. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLoomis, J.
The will of John Grou, executed on the 8th of December, 1865, and which became operative by his decease on the 10th day of May, 1866, gave to certain trustees one hundred thousand dollars, in trust to invest and hold the same “for the use and benefit of his four children, John Grou, Jr., George Grou, Mary J. Vail,” (the plaintiff) “and William D. Grou, during their natural lives,” and “to pay them equally the rents, dividends, increase and income thereof annually.” In case of the death of any of his children leaving issue, then his or her share was to be transferred to such issue, free from…
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