Hinckley v. Thatcher
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed July 1, 1881, by the executor of the will of Henry Knox Thatcher, against the next of kin of the testator and the Attorney General, to obtain the instructions of the court as to the construction of the residuary clause in said will, which was as follows: “I also will and desire that the residue of my property, if any, after paying my funeral expenses and just debts, as well as all before-named bequests, be given equally to the Authorized Agents of the…
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Bill in equity, filed July 1, 1881, by the executor of the will of Henry Knox Thatcher, against the next of kin of the testator and the Attorney General, to obtain the instructions of the court as to the construction of the residuary clause in said will, which was as follows: “I also will and desire that the residue of my property, if any, after paying my funeral expenses and just debts, as well as all before-named bequests, be given equally to the Authorized Agents of the Home and Foreign Missionary Societies to aid in propagating the Holy religion of Jesus Christ.” The answer of the…
1Opinion of the CourtField, J.
Henry Knox Thatcher died on April 5, 1880, leaving a will, which was executed on March 18,1870, and was written by himself. The first clause of the last article of the will is as follows: “I also will and desire that the residue of my property, if any, after paying my funeral expenses and just debts, as well as all before-named bequests, be given equally to the Authorized Agents of the Home and Foreign Missionary Societies to aid in propagating the Holy religion of Jesus Christ.”
In the original will the word “ Home,” and the words “ Foreign Missionary Societies ” begin with a capital letter.…
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