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Property Law Keyed to Kurtz
Connecticut Bank and Trust Company v. Brody
Citation:
174 Conn. 616, 392 A.2d 445Only StudyBuddy Pro offers the complete Case Brief Anatomy*
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The decedent created a testamentary trust. The decedent left a life estate in the trust income to his children. When the last of the decedent’s children died, the life estate was to pass to the grandchildren as a class. Therefore, the grandchildren had a contingent remainder in a life estate. Once the last grandchild died, the trust was to terminate and the proceeds would go to the decedent’s great-grandchildren as a class. Therefore, the great-grandchildren had a contingent remainder in fee simple absolute. When the decedent died, he was survived by three children, five grandchildren, and no great-grandchildren.
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