Dorr v. Lovering
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed April 19, 1887, by grandchildren and lineal descendants of deceased grandchildren of Joseph Lovering, against the trustees under his will and the heirs at law of Ann L. Gay, to compel the distribution of her share in a trust estate created by the will. The case was heard, upon the bill and answers, before <7. Allen, J., who ordered a decree for the plaintiffs; and the heirs at law of Ann L. Gay appealed to the full court. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, C. J.
Joseph Lovering, by the nineteenth article of his will, gave to trustees “ all the rest, residue, and remainder oi my estate, real and personal, of every nature and description,” in trust, to pay the net income to his five children during their respective lives, and upon the further trust, on the decease of such five children successively, to convey in fee the same residue and remainder to and among his grandchildren and the lineal descendants of his deceased grandchildren.
By the thirteenth clause of his will, which was duly admitted to probate on December 19, 1848, he devised to the same…
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