Richardson v. Richardson
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Bill in equity, brought to determine the construction of a will. The opinion states the material tacts. cited: On the jurisdiction of the court, Story’s Eq. PL § § 77, 96 ; Wood v. Dummer, 3 Mason, 317 : Grease v. Babcoclc, 10 Met. 525, 531; Daniel’s Oh. Pr. & PI. p. 191; Robinson v. Smith, 3 Paige, 222; Story, Eq.
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On report. Bill in equity, brought to determine the construction of a will. The opinion states the material tacts. cited: On the jurisdiction of the court, Story’s Eq. PL § § 77, 96 ; Wood v. Dummer, 3 Mason, 317 : Grease v. Babcoclc, 10 Met. 525, 531; Daniel’s Oh. Pr. & PI. p. 191; Robinson v. Smith, 3 Paige, 222; Story, Eq. PI. § § 94, 78, 99, 105, 207, B; Harvey v. Harvey, 4 Beav. 215 ; Story, § § 120, 116. On the construction of the will, Baldwin v. Bean, 59 Maine, 481; Ramsdell v. Ramsdell, 21 Maine, 288; Shaw v. Hussey, 41 Maine, 495; Hall v. Preble, 68 Maine, 100; Nash v. Simpson, 78…
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The questions presented for decision call for a construction of these clauses in Amos Richardson’s will:
"Third. 1 give and bequeath to my beloved wife, Bethiah Richardson, all the rest, residue and reauiiader of my property, both personal and real, of what kind and nature soever I may die possessed of to her use and behoof and dispose of for her maintenance during her natural life.
"Fourth. I also devise that whatever property of my estate which may remain at the decease of my wife Bethiah, may be divided equally between my daughter, Sarah R. Richardson, and m3' granddaughter, Ida M. Ash,…
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