Bartlett v. Sears
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit by a trustee under the will of John F. Slater of Norwich, deceased, who died in 1884, for the construction of certain provisions in the will, which was made shortly before his decease and admitted to probate shortly after it; brought to the Superior Court in New London County (George W. Wheeler, J.') and reserved on a finding of facts for the advice of this court at its term to be held in the Second Judicial District in October, 1908. By stipulation filed under General…
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Suit by a trustee under the will of John F. Slater of Norwich, deceased, who died in 1884, for the construction of certain provisions in the will, which was made shortly before his decease and admitted to probate shortly after it; brought to the Superior Court in New London County (George W. Wheeler, J.') and reserved on a finding of facts for the advice of this court at its term to be held in the Second Judicial District in October, 1908. By stipulation filed under General Statutes, § 483, the cause was then transferred for trial at the June term, 1908, in the Third Judicial District, and…
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, C. J.
None of the parties to this cause reside in this State; but it was properly brought in New London County, since it concerns the disposition of a trust .fund established by the will of a citizen of Norwich admitted to probate by the Court of Probate for the district of Norwich; and all the defendants have entered appearances.
John F. Slater, the testator, bequeathed to the plaintiff $1,000,000 in trust “ to hold, sell, invest and reinvest the same at public or private sale from time to time in such manner as he may deem prudent, and to pay the income arising therefrom or such portion thereof as…
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