Legal Opinion
Fiske v. Heirs at Law of Fiske
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided December 21, 1904PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Case stated for an opinion under Gen. Laws cap. 240, § 24.
1Opinion of the CourtTillinghast, C. J.
This is a case stated for an opinion as to the construction of certain clauses of the will of William A. Fiske, and is brought under the provisions of Gen. Laws R. I. cap. 240, § 24.
The facts are these: William A. Fiske died on April 19, 1904, leaving a.last will and testament which was duly admitted to probate, and which, in so far as it is material in determining the questions propounded, is as follows:
“ First. I give, devise and bequeath to my wife, Susan W. Fiske, all my estate, real, personal and mixed, of which I shall die possessed, or to which I shall be in any wise entitled at my…
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