Richardson v. Hall
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity by the executors of and trustees under the will of Samuel A. Way, to obtain the instructions of the court. Hearing before Endicott, J., who reserved the case for the consideration of the full court. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtColt, J.
The testator died in June, 1872, leaving a widow and a married son. The widow afterwards married the defendant Hall, and is now deceased, Hall having been appointed her administrator. The will was made in March, 1870, and the testator added to it from time to time seven codicils, the last of which was executed shortly before his death.
An outline of the general plan of the testator in the disposition of the estate, as gathered from the numerous provisions of these instruments, and as finally completed after many changes, will aid in deciding the several points reserved for our consideration,…
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