United States Trust Co. v. Douglass

This case is before the Law Court on report. The action is a Bill in Equity brought by the United States Trust Company of New York, as executor, for the construction of the last will and testament of Henry Beaman Douglass, late of Boothbay, Maine. The will is dated May 24, 1933. The codicil is dated November 24, 1933. The testator died December 5, 1946. The will was proved and allowed in the Probate Court for Lincoln County on February 4, 1947.

The testator had no children, but at the time of his death he had a wife, Minnie M. Douglass, and the seven relatives, who are named respondents in…