Legal Opinion

Webber v. Jones

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided December 11, 1900PublishedCited by 12 opinions

On Report. In Equity. Bill of interpleader, beard on bill and answers, to obtain tbe construction of the will of Rufus Jones, late of Veazie, deceased. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtSavage, J.

Bill to obtain the construction of the last will and testament of Rufus Jones, late of Veazie. The will was executed May 23, 1894, and Mr. Jones died the following August. He left surviving him two sons, Rufus L. Jones and William T. Jones, and one daughter, Mary J. Webber, the complainant, all of whom were married. There has never been any child born to either Rufus L. Jones or Mrs. Webber. But William T. Jones at the *431time of his father’s death had three children living, — Fred A., born in 1881, Frank E., born in 1883, and Nellie S., born in 1888. Since the testator’s death, Fred A. Jones…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Dingley v. DingleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1809
  2. Miller v. EwingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1850
  3. Campbell v. . RawdonNew York Court of Appeals · 1858
  4. Jenkins v. FreyerNew York Court of Chancery · 1833
  5. Hall v. HallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Merrill Trust Co. v. PerkinsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1947
  2. Drury v. DruryIllinois Supreme Court · 1915
  3. Industrial Trust Co. v. WilsonSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1938
  4. Auld v. AndradeHawaii Supreme Court · 1929
  5. United States Trust Co. v. DouglassSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1948

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