Hooker v. Drayton

This is a bill in equity for the construction

of the last will and testament of Henry Coleman Drayton, late of the city of Newport, deceased. Upon being ready for hearing for final decree in the superior court, the cause was certified to this court for our determination in accordance with general laws 1938, chapter 545, § 7.

The principal question raised in the bill is whether the testator intended, by the direction contained in the sixth clause of his will, to charge his residuary estate with the burdens of the federal estate tax and 'the New York and Rhode Island inheritance taxes which were…