Estate of Worthley

535 A.2d 433 (1988)

ESTATE OF Mary G. WORTHLEY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Argued November 9, 1987.

Decided January 5, 1988.

Alan E. Shepard (orally), Kearns, Shepard & Read, Kennebunkport, for appellees.

James H. Titcomb, Kevin S. Flaherty (orally), Waterhouse, Titcomb, Flaherty & Knight, Sanford, for appellant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, SCOLNIK and CLIFFORD, JJ.

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

This appeal presents the question whether a general power of appointment vested by a will in three donees survives when one of the three predeceases the testator. Arthur Abbott,[1]…