Selleck v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Bill in Equity for construction of will.
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, J.
Bill in equity for the construction of the will of Urania C. Sherburne, which was admitted to probate by the Probate Court of the town of Cumberland, December 4, 1893, and for instructions to the trustees.
The will is set out in the bill. The following are, however, the only paragraphs thereof which are material upon the questions propounded by the bill:
“Second. Knowing that my honored Mother, Mary Ann Grant, and my only sister, wife of Alexander Thompson, both of said Cumberland, have an abundance of this world’s goods of their own, I desire to devote the greater portion of my property to…
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