Union Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. Dudley
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
In Equity. In equity. On report. Bill in equity asking for the construction of the will of Llewellyn Scott Wyman, late of Portland, deceased, brought by the plaintiff corporation against divers defendants.
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In Equity. In equity. On report. Bill in equity asking for the construction of the will of Llewellyn Scott Wyman, late of Portland, deceased, brought by the plaintiff corporation against divers defendants. April 25, 1907., the cause came on to be heard on bill and answers before the Justice of the first instance and " there appearing to be questions of law of sufficient importance or doubt to justify the same and the parties agreeing thereto ” the cause was reported to the Law Court. The case appears in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtKing, J.
Bill in equity reported to this court.
Llewellyn Scott Wyman, late of Portland, died April 18, 1905, leaving a will executed June 28, 1901, proved and allowed in the Probate Court for Cumberland County, Maine, June 5, 1905.
*300The complainant, having been appointed executor and confirmed as trustee thereunder, brings this bill asking for a construction of certain provisions of said will, and to whom and in what portions the trustee shall pay certain of the net income of the trust estate.
By the fourth item of the will the testator devised and bequeathed one-half of the residue of his estate to the…
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