Gilkie v. Marsh
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed May 6,1903, by one of the heirs at law of John G. Terhorst, late of Boston, deceased testate, in behalf of herself and the other heirs at law of that testator, against certain persons holding under a deed from George Wilner and against the executor and the devisees under the will of Clara Marsh, deceased, praying for the establishment of the alleged title of the plaintiff and the other heirs at law of John G. Terhorst to certain real estate as devisees…
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Bill in equity, filed May 6,1903, by one of the heirs at law of John G. Terhorst, late of Boston, deceased testate, in behalf of herself and the other heirs at law of that testator, against certain persons holding under a deed from George Wilner and against the executor and the devisees under the will of Clara Marsh, deceased, praying for the establishment of the alleged title of the plaintiff and the other heirs at law of John G. Terhorst to certain real estate as devisees under item twenty-two of his will, which item, with the exception of an additional clause appointing executors, is…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
It is manifest on an examination of the will under which the parties claim title to the real estate described in the bill that the testator expressed by its provisions a carefully matured plan for the disposition of his property, and in the carrying out of this design a large number of pecuniary legacies are first given to relatives either outright or in the form of annuities in terms carefully limited, followed by three bequests for religious and charitable purposes, with specific gifts to two of his nephews, and in each instance he states in well chosen language the nature and extent of the…
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