Hammond v. Hammond
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, by the executors of the will and codicil of Edward L. S. Hammond, to obtain the instructions of the court as to whether certain legacies were to be paid out of the income or out of the principal. Hearing before BarJcer, J., who, at the request of the parties, reserved the case for the determination of the full court upon the bill and answers. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
The eighth clause of the will is as follows: “ In addition to the aforesaid bequests, payable at my decease as aforesaid, I give unto said wife, sons, and daughter in law Elizabeth M. Hammond, as guardian of my grandchild Walter Edward Hammond, for each of the four succeeding years the following sums, to be paid to them in annual payments and as follows: to my wife Ellen M. Hammond as aforesaid the sum of five hundred dollars, to my son Walter W. Hammond as aforesaid the sum of one thousand dollars, to my son Edward A. Hammond as aforesaid the sum of four hundred dollars, to my son Henry D.…
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