Fargo v. Miller
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, brought by one of the executors of the will of Sarah B. Wells, for instructions as to the disposition of the residue of the estate. The case was heard by 0. Allen, J., and reserved for the consideration of the full court. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtField, J.
The will of Mrs. Wells was written by herself, and is dated June 2, 1886; she died without issue on April 4, 1887. Her father, Alvah Miller, senior, two brothers (Augustus and Alvah), one sister, Martha G. Reanier, and one nephew, Frederic A. Miller, son of a deceased brother, survived her. She was a widow, her husband having died on February 8, 1872. There is no mention of her mother, but it is evident that she had died before the will was made. The age of the testatrix does not’ appear from the papers, but there is no doubt that she did not contemplate the possibility of marrying again and…
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