In re Estate of Woodworth

By the Court, Sawyer, J.:

In 1855 Frederick A. Woodworth made his will, by which he left “ all ” his “ personal property,” and “ one half of all the real estate of which ” he might “ die possessed,” to his brother, Selim E. Woodworth, and appointed him sole executor. The remaining half of the real estate, he left to his mother, sisters and others—the appellants in this proceeding. No reference to, or provision for, debts is made in the will. Long after making the will, in 1864, said F. A. Woodworth mortgaged portions of his real estate to the “ Savings and Loan Society” to secure the sum of…