Parks' Admr. v. American Home Missionary Society
Supreme Court of Vermont
Bill by his administrator for the construction of the will of Frederick Parks, and to determine what right, if any, the defendant, Hermon W. Harlow, had acquired in two hundred .and seventy shares of the capital stock of the Parks & Woolson Machine Co., by virtue of an assignment of the same from the defendant, Elvira D. Parks, the said stock having been a part ■of the estate of the testator. Heard at the February Term, 1889, Windsor County, upon bill and answers.
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Bill by his administrator for the construction of the will of Frederick Parks, and to determine what right, if any, the defendant, Hermon W. Harlow, had acquired in two hundred .and seventy shares of the capital stock of the Parks & Woolson Machine Co., by virtue of an assignment of the same from the defendant, Elvira D. Parks, the said stock having been a part ■of the estate of the testator. Heard at the February Term, 1889, Windsor County, upon bill and answers. Powers, Chancellor, dismissed the bill pro forma. The orator appeals. Hnder the devise the widow is entitled to the possession and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Royce, Ch. J.
This is a bill brought to obtain a construction ■of the will of Frederick Parks, and particularly the clause of devise and bequest to the widow of the .testator, Elvira D-. Parks.
*22The language of this clause isas follows: “I give, devise and bequeath the use of all my estate of every kind to my wife, Elvira JD. Parks, for and during her natural life, and so much of the principal as she may see lit to use for her necessary and comfortable support, and for charitable and benevolent purposes, and contributions for worthy objects, in her own…
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