Wood v. Hammond
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Bill in Equity for instructions. The will of Daniel Wanton Lyman, proven before the Court of Probate of the town of North Providence, January 19, 1887, is as follows : “ In the name of the Creator and Preserver of all things. Amen.
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Bill in Equity for instructions. The will of Daniel Wanton Lyman, proven before the Court of Probate of the town of North Providence, January 19, 1887, is as follows : “ In the name of the Creator and Preserver of all things. Amen. “I, Daniel Wanton Lyman, of the town of North Providence, County of Providence, State of Rhode Island, being fully aware of the uncertainty of‘life, and being of sound and disposing mind, do make this my last will and testament, revoking all other wills heretofore by me made. I desire so much of the real estate, that I may die seized and- possessed of as may be…
1Opinion of the Court
In compliance with the request of the complainants, we will decide immediately the questions which have been submitted to us, leaving others for future decision.
We think that the complainants, in their capacity as executors of the will and codicil of the late Daniel W. Lyman, have power to sell so much of the real estate left by him as will be necessary to pay the legacies given by said will and codicil. The will opens with the following language: "I desire so much of the real estate that I may die seized and possessed of as may be necessary to pay the following legacies to be sold, and from…
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