Colt v. Colt
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Bill in equity, brought by the petitioner as a legatee under tlie will of Samuel Colt, against the respondents, executors of the will, to compel them to transfer to him certain shares of the stock of the Colt’s Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company, with sundry dividends on the stock alleged to have been received by them, and for a disclosure and an account. Sundry other parties interested were cited in.
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Bill in equity, brought by the petitioner as a legatee under tlie will of Samuel Colt, against the respondents, executors of the will, to compel them to transfer to him certain shares of the stock of the Colt’s Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company, with sundry dividends on the stock alleged to have been received by them, and for a disclosure and an account. Sundry other parties interested were cited in. The principal facts alleged in the bill were the following:— Samuel Colt died on the 10th day of January, 1862, owning at the time of his death nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-six…
1Opinion of the CourtDutton, J.
In June, 1856, Samuel Colt made his will, in which he bequeathed to various persons each a certain number of the shares of the stock of Colt’s Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co., and among others to his brother James B. Colt, the petitioner, “ the use and improvement during his life of five hundred shares of said stock, and after the death of my said brother to his issue lawfully begotten as an abso*445lute estate.” “ This bequest is on the condition that the said James B. Colt shall waive and relinquish all claims and demands, actual or pretended, which he may have against me? or against said…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Cowles v. WhitmanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1834
- Goodwin v. ChaffeeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1822
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- Lightfoot v. BeardCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1929
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