Tilton v. Davidson
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Bill to obtain the construction of the will of Herman Elvas Davidson, late of Bar Harbor, deceased. The defendant, one of the two only heirs, answered and joined with the plaintiff in requesting its construction.
1Opinion of the CourtWhitehouse, J.
This is a bill in equity brought to obtain a judicial construction of the will of Herman Elvas Davidson, late of Bar Harbor in-the State of Maine.
*56On the eleventh day of June, 1890, the testator made his last will and testament, the disposing items of which were of the following tenor, viz: “I bequeath and devise as follows: 1. To my two daughters, Alice Bowker Davidson, and Edith Bowker Davidson, share and share alike, all the property real and personal of which I may die possessed, or which may be paid to my estate after my decease. And in case either of my said daughters should die before…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Sears v. ChoateMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
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