Parkhurst v. Ginn
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equitt, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on July 27, .1916, by the trustees under the will of Edwin Ginn of Winchester, who died on January 21, 1914, leaving a will dated July 20, 1911, with a codicil dated February 17, 19.12, for instructions. The case came on to be heard before Pierce, J., who at the request of the parties reserved it upon the pleadings and the master’s report for determination by the full court.
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Bill in equitt, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on July 27, .1916, by the trustees under the will of Edwin Ginn of Winchester, who died on January 21, 1914, leaving a will dated July 20, 1911, with a codicil dated February 17, 19.12, for instructions. The case came on to be heard before Pierce, J., who at the request of the parties reserved it upon the pleadings and the master’s report for determination by the full court. The specific instructions requested by the trustees were as follows: “First: Whether the plaintiffs shall set aside any of the trust property as a separate fund to be…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This is a petition by the trustees under the will of Edwin Ginn for instructions as to certain of their duties in the execution of their trust. The estate in their hands is something in excess of $2,000,000. Edwin Ginn died on January 21, 1914. He was the founder and senior member of the firm .of Ginn and Company, publishers of educational and other books, and most of his estate was invested in that firm. The scheme of his will, shortly stated, is this: Legacies of different sums, aggregating about *165$200,000, are given by the first fourteen articles, all of which have been paid in full by the…
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