Edwards v. Edwards
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed March 23, 1903, by the trustees under the will of James Edwards, for instructions as to the application of the proceeds of the sale of a certain valuable tract of .vacant land on Huntington Avenue in Boston. The case came on to be heard before Braley, J., who reserved it upon the bill and answer and an agreed statement of facts for the consideration of the full court, such order to be made therein as justice and equity might require.
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
This is a bill for instructions by trustees appointed under the will of James Edwards. By the will he gave all his property to these trustees, stating the trust as follows : “To invest and reinvest the same at their discretion, in such securities as the laws of this Commonwealth allow savings banks to invest their funds in, and the whole net income therefrom shall be paid to my said wife as long as she shall live, for her own use and disposal, with the exception that I direct that from said income there shall be paid monthly to my son, William Edwards, and his wife, Alice J. Edwards, in equal…
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