Siders v. Siders
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition to the judge of probate of the county of Plymouth, by the trustees under the will of Charles Siders, praying the instructions of the court as to their duties thereunder. The case was reserved, on appeal, by Lathrop, J., for the consideration of the full court. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.
The testator left three surviving brothers, one of whom had four children, another three, and the other two. He had no other near relatives. By his will he left an equal annuity to each of his three brothers, and legacies of $4,000 each to seven out of his nine nephews and nieces, and the income of $5,000 to each of two married nieces, with a provision that the principal should be paid to each on the death of her husband. The residue, from which the annuities would have to come, was given in trust, with this provision: “ On the deaths of my brothers John, Henry, and Josiah B. Siders, convey,…
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