Holland v. Cruft
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed on the 5th of November 1850, by the only son and male heir of Samuel May Holland, a son of John Holland, the elder, to recover of Edward Cruft one fifth of a sum of money in his hands as administrator with the will annexed of said John Holland.
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Bill in equity, filed on the 5th of November 1850, by the only son and male heir of Samuel May Holland, a son of John Holland, the elder, to recover of Edward Cruft one fifth of a sum of money in his hands as administrator with the will annexed of said John Holland. The other defendants were Laura P. Holland, widow and administratrix of Samuel May Holland, the three daughters of said Samuel, and Aaron D. Weld, who claimed under an assignment made by said Samuel on the 9th of May 1827, which was held fraudulent and void as against creditors in Holland v. Cruft, 20 Pick. 321. The parties…
1Opinion of the CourtShaw, C. J.
We shall first consider the nature and legal effect of that part of Mr. Holland’s will which bequeaths his estate and interest in the Long Wharf.
This clause in his will is expressed in very few words, in the same words in which he devises the mansion house, as follows : “ I give to my wife Sarah Holland, during her natural life, all my mansion house and appurtenances, with the furniture and stores as the same shall remain at my decease; and my pew in the Federal Street Meeting-house; also the income and profits of my right in the Boston Pier or Long Wharf, being one full share of the same, i.…
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