Merrill Trust Co. v. Hartford
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Oil l’eport. Appeal by Merrill Trust Company from decree of Judge of Probate, Hancock County. Mrs. Frankie M. Jordan, late of Orland in said county, died December 7, 1897, leaving an instrument purporting to be her last will and testament and in which her husband, Andrew J. Jordan, was named as sole executor, and also as the residuary legatee.
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Oil l’eport. Appeal by Merrill Trust Company from decree of Judge of Probate, Hancock County. Mrs. Frankie M. Jordan, late of Orland in said county, died December 7, 1897, leaving an instrument purporting to be her last will and testament and in which her husband, Andrew J. Jordan, was named as sole executor, and also as the residuary legatee. This instrument was duly presented by the said Andrew J. Jordan for probate, and at the February term, 1898, of the Probate Court in said county, was allowed as the last will and testament of the deceased, and letters testamentary were issued to the…
1Opinion of the CourtEmery, C. J.
The case is this: — After the death of Mrs. Frankie M. Jordan of Orland, Hancock County, her husband, Andrew J. Jordan, presented to the probate court for that county at the January term, 1898, an instrument purporting to be the last will of his deceased wife, with a petition that it be probated and allowed as such. After due notice the probate court at the next February term by decree allowed and probated the instrument as the last will of Mrs. Frankie M. Jordan deceased. Letters testamentary were issued to Andrew J. Jordan named in said instrument as executor and also named as residuary…
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