Hardy v. Gage
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Bill in Equity, by the trustee of the estate of Lydia Curtis, deceased, for a construction of the will. Lydia Curtis made a will May 26, 1845, and died a widow in December, 1846, leaving one child, Caroline I). Ilodgdon, and one grandchild, Charles II. Hodgdon, the son of Caroline.
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Bill in Equity, by the trustee of the estate of Lydia Curtis, deceased, for a construction of the will. Lydia Curtis made a will May 26, 1845, and died a widow in December, 1846, leaving one child, Caroline I). Ilodgdon, and one grandchild, Charles II. Hodgdon, the son of Caroline. The will was proved January 12, 1847. After minor bequests and legacies to her daughter and grandson, and providing for the payment of her debts, the testatrix devised all the rest of her estate to her executors in trust, the income of one half to be paid for the benefit of Caroline 1). during her life, and the…
1Opinion of the CourtClark, J.
The residue of the estate which by the will of Lydia Curtis under certain conditions was to “ go and descend” to her heirs at law, was a contingent remainder, depending upon the contingency of her daughter’s, Caroline D. Hodgdon, dying after the death of her grandson, Charles H. Hodgdon, and any other child or children Caroline D. Hodgdon might have, under the age of twenty-three years, without issue. • The contingency happened;, and the question is presented whether the estate in remainder vested in the next of kin of Lydia Curtis who were such at her death, or at the death of her daughter,…
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