Re Will of Henry C. Kimball
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Petition in Equity for the opinion of the court as to the construction of a will.
1Opinion of the CourtMattesok, C. J.
This is a case stated for the opinion of the court. The questions involved arise on the will of Henry O. Kimball, late of Providence, deceased, which bears date June 8, 1876.
The third clause of the will gives to the testator’s son, Frank Freeman Kimball, the testator’s watch, chain, clothing, certain jewelry, a silver salver, and three-fourths of a safe and cabinet. Frank Freeman Kimball died before the testator, so that this legacy lapsed, and the question is made whether the articles specified fall into the residue under paragraph five of the third clause, or into the residue under the…
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