Brown v. Strickland
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Writ of entry. General issue with claim for betterments, submitted to the court for nonsuit or default. Several deeds, with much other evidence, were offered as to title, boundaries and betterments. The plaintiffs claim under the will of one Billings.
Read the full summary
Writ of entry. General issue with claim for betterments, submitted to the court for nonsuit or default. Several deeds, with much other evidence, were offered as to title, boundaries and betterments. The plaintiffs claim under the will of one Billings. By that will, the plaintiff, Brown, and one George Starrett were constituted executors and trustees, and in case either of them should die, the Judge of Probate was authorized to appoint some person as the successor, “ to the end that there may be and continue two suitable persons, in whom the trust estate, hereby created, shall be vested, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Wells, J.,
orally.—A demandant in a real action must prove his title. Under the will the title was vested in two persons, executors and trustees. Provision was made in the will for the appointment of a substitute, if one of them should die.
One of them died. Thereupon Mr. Appleton was appointed and qualified, and gave bond, not as a trustee, but as administrator de bonis non. In his commission, nothing is said in reference to rights or duties as a trustee. The offices and the requisite bonds are very distinct.
In administrators de bonis non. the title to the testator’s real estate does not vest.…
2Cited by3 opinions
- Desmond v. PersinaSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
- Champagne v. FortinSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
- Butts v. FitzgeraldSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1956