Old Colony Trust Co. v. Sargent
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on May 27, 1919, by the trustee under the will of Joseph Sargent, late of Worcester, for instructions. The instructions requested, with material quotations from the will and codicil, appear in the opinion. The suit came on to be heard before Carroll, J., and was reserved by him for determination by the full court upon the pleadings and an agreed statement of facts. The case was submitted on briefs.
1Opinion of the CourtPierce, J.
Joseph Sargent of Worcester, Massachusetts, died on October 13, 1888, testate. His will, executed on July 16, 1879, and a codicil thereto, executed on March 28, 1887, were proved and allowed on November 8, 1888. By his will he gave to his son Henry $10,000, and to his wife, to his three other children, and to a grandchild pecuniary or specific legacies. He divided the rest and residue of his estate, however described, among his four children equally. He appointed his sons Joseph, Jr., and Henry executors without bonds, and suggested “that it would be wise to keep the productive real estate…
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