Spinney v. Eaton
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
In equity. On report. This is a bill in equity by the executor of the last will and testament of Charles Oscar Littlefield, to obtain a construction of said will and codidil. The defendants severally filed answers to the bill and the usual replications were filed. At the conclusion of the hearing before the presiding Justice, the case, iby agreement of the parties, was reported upon bill and answers to the Law Court for decision. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHanson, J.
This is a bill in equity brought by the executor to obtain a judicial construction of the will of Charfes Oscar Little-field, who died September 29, 1911, leaving a widow, a son, and three sisters. The will is dated March 10, 1911.
At the date of the will the testator was the owner of one thousand eight hundred and thirty shares of the preferred stock of the J. L. Prescott Company, a corporation having a place of business at Passaic, New Jersey, each of the par value of one hundred dollars.
The questions submitted for determination arise under the first three paragraphs of the will and the…
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