Williams v. Knight
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Bill in Equity for instructions. Tlie thirty-sixth clause of the will of Mary Jane Sheldon, proven before the Municipal Court of the city of Providence, August 12, A. D. 1892, is as follows : ‘ ‘ I give and bequeath to my cousin Mary Spicer, wife of George T. Spicer, and to her children after her the sum of five thousand dollars.”
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Bill in Equity for instructions. Tlie thirty-sixth clause of the will of Mary Jane Sheldon, proven before the Municipal Court of the city of Providence, August 12, A. D. 1892, is as follows : ‘ ‘ I give and bequeath to my cousin Mary Spicer, wife of George T. Spicer, and to her children after her the sum of five thousand dollars.” The thirty-eighth clause is as follows : “I give and bequeath to my cousins James B. Tyler, Ebenezer O. Tyler and Albert D. Tyler, sons of John Tyler, deceased, and to their respective legal representatives, one thousand dollars each.” The other facts involved are…
1Opinion of the Court
-Matteson, C. J.
This is a bill for instructions. The complainant, who is the executor of the last will and testament of Mary Jane Sheldon, deceased, desires the instruction of the court respecting the payment of certain legacies bequeathed in the will.
The will bears date April 30, 1877. The testatrix died July 13, 1892.
By the thirty-sixth clause of the will, the testatrix gives and bequeaths to her cousin, Mary Spicer, wife of George T. Spicer, and to her children after her, $5,000. Mary Spicer died November 9, 1888, leaving three children surviving her, viz.-. William A. Spicer, Henry B.…
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