Conant v. St. John
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Probate Court for the county of Franklin on June 4, 1917, by the administrator of the estate of Nelson St. John, late of Greenfield, for instructions, as stated in the opinion. The Probate Court made a decree ordering that the fund of $5,090 in question be paid to the legal representatives of Nelson St. John, without qualification, and not directly to his children, and that the widow was entitled to share in the distribution.
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Bill in equity, filed in the Probate Court for the county of Franklin on June 4, 1917, by the administrator of the estate of Nelson St. John, late of Greenfield, for instructions, as stated in the opinion. The Probate Court made a decree ordering that the fund of $5,090 in question be paid to the legal representatives of Nelson St. John, without qualification, and not directly to his children, and that the widow was entitled to share in the distribution. On appeal to the Supreme Judicial Court the case was heard by Crosby, J., who made a decree affirming the decree of the Probate Court. The…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
This is a petition brought by the administrator of the estate of Nelson St. John for instructions as to the disposition to be made of the sum of $5,090, together with $209.92 of accrued interest, now in his hands. The history of that sum of money is this: Caroline St. John, wife of Nelson, died testate in 1909. Her will was seasonably admitted to probate and its provisions were not waived by her husband. Its terms, so far as now material, were these: “I . . . give .and bequeath all my property, both real and personal, to my husband Nelson St. Jean him to have and to hold full use of same…
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