Legal Opinion

Morrill v. Morrill

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided May 1, 1917PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Bill in equity asking for the construction and interpretation of certain provisions of the will of Nathan E. Morrill of Buckfield, in the county of Oxford and State of Maine. Cause was reported to law. court upon bill, answer and agreed statement of facts. Bill sustained. Decree in accordance with opinion. Case stated in opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtHaley, J.

This is a bill in equity asking the court to construe and interpret the provisions of the will of Nathan E. Morrill of Buckfield in the County of Oxford. This case is reported to this court upon an agreed statement of facts.

The clauses of the will which we are asked to construe are 3 and 5. Clause 3 reads as follows: “I give and devise to Nathan E. Morrill and Ellen U., children of my son Isaac, and their heirs and assigns *155forever, all the real estate in Buckfield village that I own at my decease that was formerly owned by my son Isaac and conveyed to me by his administrator, Alfred Cole, now…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Gifford v. ChoateMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. SwansonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
  2. Commonwealth v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
  3. Commonwealth v. FletcherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  4. Browne v. DubeySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1969
  5. Estate of O'ConnorSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1992

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