Minot v. Purrington
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Probate Court for the county of Norfolk on April 30, 1903, by the trustee under the will of William Taylor, formerly of Roxbury, for instructions. On appeal from a decree of the Probate Court the case came on to be heard before Hammond, J., who reserved it upon the bill and answers and an agreed statement of facts for determination by this court. The material facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
The will of William Taylor, late of Roxbury, who died in 1858, contains a provision as follows: “ And I direct my said trustees to pay in like manner, one quarter part of the nett income of said residue and remainder to the children of my deceased son Henry Taylor during their natural lives, to be paid to them severally, half yearly, or oftener if convenient to my trustees, on their personal receipts, or their guardians and in case any of said Henry’s children decease without issue, the share of such deceased child to go to the survivors, and upon the decease of my said son Henry’s children I…
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