Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co. v. Bateman

This is a bill in equity for the construction of the fifth clause of the will of William Sidney Bateman, late of the city of Newport, deceased. When the cause was ready for hearing for final decree in the superior court it was certified to this court for our determination in accordance with G. L. 1956, §9-24-28.

The testator died December 6, 1948 and thereafter his will was duly proved in the probate court of the city of Newport. He was survived by a son and a daughter, three grandchildren and one great-grandchild. By the fifth clause of his will, after bequeathing one fourth of his residuary…