Green v. Blackwell

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dixon, J.

The bill in this case was filed by the executors and trustees under the will of Henry W. Green, deceased, for the purpose of obtaining judicial construction of that will as to their duty respecting two matters. The known beneficiaries interested were the testator’s widow, his daughter Mrs. Blackwell, and her husband and infant son, and these persons are made defendants. The grandson, by his father as guardian ad litem, and the daughter with her husband, filed answers; and the daughter, in her answer, “for the purpose,” as stated, “ of avoiding…