Adams v. Jones
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition in equity, by the administrator de bonis non with the will annexed of the estate of Oliver Bacon, for instructions as to the construction of his will as to the distribution of the personal estate in his hands, being the unexpended balance of proceeds of real estate sold under license of the Probate Court by him as administrator to pay debts and charges of administration.
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Petition in equity, by the administrator de bonis non with the will annexed of the estate of Oliver Bacon, for instructions as to the construction of his will as to the distribution of the personal estate in his hands, being the unexpended balance of proceeds of real estate sold under license of the Probate Court by him as administrator to pay debts and charges of administration. The value of the real estate remaining unsold was $11,750. Hearing before Enowlton, J., who reserved the case for the consideration of the full court. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLosing, J.
Oliver Bacon died, leaving a will containing two bequests: the first was a bequest of “ all my estate, both real and personal, wherever it may be situated, after all just claims against me or my estate are satisfied,” to his wife for life; and “ whatever remains at her decease shall be divided into two equal parts to be inherited and divided, the one moiety by my brothers and sisters and their heirs, and the other moiety by my said wife’s brother and sisters and their heirs.”
The will was made in 1858, on the day on which the testator died, and his widow died twenty-nine years later, in 1887.…
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