Scribner v. Berry

ROBERTS, Justice.

A petition for the construction of the will of Charles William Berry is before us on report from the Cumberland County Probate Court pursuant to M.R.Prob.P. 72. Fred C. Scribner, Jr., and Maine National Bank are co-trustees under the testator’s will and were the petitioners in Probate Court. The appellants are the testator’s adoptive grandson, Charles William Berry, III, and Charles Ill’s son, Christian Berry. The appellees are the testator’s daughter, Margaret B. Richard, and her two daughters, Andrea McClary and Elizabeth Richard. The only issue presented is whether the…