Kimball v. Crocker
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Bill in Equity, filed by Ira C. Kimball, executor and trustee, named in the last will and testament of Ira Crocker, to determine the construction, validity and effect of the following articles in the will: — " Third.' — I give and bequeath the sum of forty thousand, dollars, to Samuel Small, jr., and Ira C. Kimball, and the survivor of them, in trust, upon and for the trusts, intents and purposes, and subject to the powers and provisions hereinafter mentioned and expressed…
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Bill in Equity, filed by Ira C. Kimball, executor and trustee, named in the last will and testament of Ira Crocker, to determine the construction, validity and effect of the following articles in the will: — " Third.' — I give and bequeath the sum of forty thousand, dollars, to Samuel Small, jr., and Ira C. Kimball, and the survivor of them, in trust, upon and for the trusts, intents and purposes, and subject to the powers and provisions hereinafter mentioned and expressed of or concerning the same — that is to say — that they, the said Samuel Small, jr., and Ira C. Kimball, and the survivor…
1Opinion of the CourtAppleton, C. J.
The complainant, the executor and trustee under the will of Ira Crocker, brings this bill to ascertain the legal construction of various clauses therein, and for the purpose of the better enabling him to discharge the trusts arising under the same. The jurisdiction of the Court is conferred by R. S., 1857, c. 77, § 8.
By the third item of his will, Ira Crocker gave to Samuel Small and Ira C. Kimball forty thousand dollars in trust, to keep the same invested for twenty-five years after his decease "for the use and benefit” of his two grandchildren, named, "to be paid .to them” at the end of…
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