Codman v. Brigham
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill IN equity, filed March 31, 1903, by the trustees under the will of Peter Bent Brigham, late of Boston, and by the same persons as administrators de bonis non with the will annexed of the estate of the testator, for instructions. The case was heard by Lathrop, J., who reserved it for determination by the full court upon the pleadings and orders in the case, with a report of the facts as found by him.
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
This is a bill brought by the trustees appointed under the will of Peter B. Brigham, for instructions in regard to the disposition of certain income in their hands, received under the fourteenth clause of the will. This clause is as follows : “ All the rest and residue of my property and estate, of every kind and description, real personal and mixed, of which I shall die seised or possessed-, or to which I shall be entitled.at the time of my decease, I direct my said executors to take, hold, manage and invest, for the term of twenty-five years from the time of my decease, and to take the…
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