Richardson v. Mullery
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Probate Court for the county of Essex on April 5, 1906, by the administrator de bonis non with the will annexed of the estate of Harriet M. King, late of Salem, for instructions as to the construction of the residuary clause of that will.
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Bill in equity, filed in the Probate Court for the county of Essex on April 5, 1906, by the administrator de bonis non with the will annexed of the estate of Harriet M. King, late of Salem, for instructions as to the construction of the residuary clause of that will. In the Probate Court Harmon, J., made a decree appointing trustees to receive the residue for the benefit of the United States Life Saving Station at Nahant and ordering the plaintiff as administrator with the will annexed to pay over the residue to such trustees. The decree also contained directions for the guidance of the…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
The petitioner asks for instructions as to the effect of this clause in the will of Harriet M. King, late of Salem, deceased: “ I give and bequeath the rest and residue of my estate to my sister, Eliza A. Hoffman, for her use during her life; at her death to be given to the life saving station to be built and established in Marblehead or Nahant, not yet decided upon.” The holder of the interest for life having deceased, the question is what shall now be done with the residue, which amounts to about $6,000. It appears by the agreed facts that, when the will was made, the testatrix knew of the…
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