Dresel v. King
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on July 24,1907, by the administrator de bonis non with the will annexed of the estate of Sarah L. King, late of Worcester, for instructions. The case came on to be heard before Pugg, J., who reserved it upon the bill and answers for determination by the full court, such decree to be entered as justice and equity might require. The case was submitted on briefs.
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
This is a bill brought by an administrator with the will annexed for instructions as to the meaning of the will. The fourteenth clause of the will is as follows: “ I direct my executor, hereinafter named, to convert all the rest and residue of my estate into cash and to divide the same among the pecuniary legatees hereinbefore named, in proportion to their several pecuniary legacies; but should my estate not herein specifically devised be insufficient to pay all my debts, charges of administration and the pecuniary legacies herein given, said pecuniary legacies are to be proportionally…
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