Burgess v. Shepherd
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Bill in equity. Dismissed. Bill of interpleader by the executor of the will of Joseph M. Heseltine, late of Dexter, deceased. The case appears in the opinion.
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On report. Bill in equity. Dismissed. Bill of interpleader by the executor of the will of Joseph M. Heseltine, late of Dexter, deceased. The case appears in the opinion. Counsel cited: Baldwin v. Bean, 59 Maine, 481 ; Richardson v. Richardson, 80 Maine, 585; Baxter v. Baxter, 62 Maine, 540. The court does not consider it a condition precedent to determining the construction of a will disposing of real estate that the executor should be the owner of, or in any way interested in said real estate. But even if it was a condition precedent that the executor should have some interest in the real…
1Opinion of the CourtSavage, J.
Bill in equity under B. S., ch. 77, § 6, to obtain the construction of the will of Joseph M. Haseltine, deceased. The bill is brought by the executor of the will, and the widow and other devisees are made parties defendant. The clause in the will which it is sought to have construed is as follows :-
“To my beloved wife, Catherine F. Haseltine, I give, bequeath and devise all the rest and residue of my estate, both real, personal and mixed, and all rights and credits thereunto belonging, to have and to hold to her sole use aud benefit during the full term of her *524natural life, unless slie shall…
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