Crapo v. Pierce
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, filed February 8, 1903, in the Probate Court for the county of Bristol by the trustees under the will of Sylvia Ann Howland, late of New Bedford, for an order of distribution of a fund held under that will for the benefit of Frederick Brownell during his life and after his death for the benefit of his widow, Anna B. Brownell, who now had deceased. On appeal the case was heard by Loving, J. upon an agreed statement of facts.
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Petition, filed February 8, 1903, in the Probate Court for the county of Bristol by the trustees under the will of Sylvia Ann Howland, late of New Bedford, for an order of distribution of a fund held under that will for the benefit of Frederick Brownell during his life and after his death for the benefit of his widow, Anna B. Brownell, who now had deceased. On appeal the case was heard by Loving, J. upon an agreed statement of facts. He found the facts to be as stated in the agreed facts, and made a decree affirming the decree of the Probate Court, that the property be distributed between…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
By the fifth clause of her will Sylvia Ann Howland gave $10,000 to trustees, whose successors are the petitioners, upon the trust “to pay to Frederick Brownell who now works for me, the income and net profits arising therefrom during his life; and after the decease of said Frederick to pay the said income to his present wife, if she shall survive him, during her life, and after the decease of said Frederick and wife, to pay, distribute and divide the said principal fund, however the *143same may be then invested, to and among tbe children of said Frederick and wife and the issue of any deceased…
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