American Baptist Publication Society v. Lufkin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, filed in the Land Court on May 29, 1906, by four charitable corporations, for the registration of title to certain parcels of land in Manchester claimed by the petitioners under the will of Samuel Cheever, late of Manchester, the interest of Susan Hannah Cheever, widow of Samuel Cheever, in the land being alleged to have terminated upon her death on March 19, 1905. In the Land Court the case was tried before Davis, J. The material portion of the will of Samuel…
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Petition, filed in the Land Court on May 29, 1906, by four charitable corporations, for the registration of title to certain parcels of land in Manchester claimed by the petitioners under the will of Samuel Cheever, late of Manchester, the interest of Susan Hannah Cheever, widow of Samuel Cheever, in the land being alleged to have terminated upon her death on March 19, 1905. In the Land Court the case was tried before Davis, J. The material portion of the will of Samuel Cheever is quoted in full in the opinion. It was dated January 30, 1865. The testator then was fifty years of age. He died…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
After giving by the first clause a small pecuniary legacy, which subsequently lapsed by the death of the legatee before the testator, in the second clause of his will Samuel Cheever devised and bequeathed to his wife, “ all the rest and residue of my estate both real and personal that I may have at the time of my decease to use and dispose of as she may think best for her interest and comfort. And at her decease my will is that what may remain (if any) of my estate thus given to my said wife, shall be equally divided between the Massachusetts Baptist Bible Society — The Massachusetts Baptist…
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