Morse v. Stearns

The testatrix had two nephews, one named Joseph White Sprague, and the other, Joseph Sprague Stearns; and each claims the legacy which is given in these words: “ To my nephew J. S. Sprague, I give five thousand dollars.”

This is a bill in equity brought by the administrator with the will annexed, to which all the legatees under the will are made parties, in order that all the others beside the two nephews may appear and show that the said bequest is void for ambiguity ; because it is apprehended that the estate of the testatrix, being largely real estate, has so depreciated in value that not…