Hopkins v. Keazer
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Repoet. This was a bill of interpleader to determine the construction of the will of Caroline Keazer, of Portland, deceased, and was heard on bill and answers. The bill sets forth the will, the material parts of which are stated in full in the opinion; and further alleges that the estate of the testatrix is sufficient to meet all the calls of the will, and that the property embraced in the residuary clause consists of real estate and rights and credits.
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On Repoet. This was a bill of interpleader to determine the construction of the will of Caroline Keazer, of Portland, deceased, and was heard on bill and answers. The bill sets forth the will, the material parts of which are stated in full in the opinion; and further alleges that the estate of the testatrix is sufficient to meet all the calls of the will, and that the property embraced in the residuary clause consists of real estate and rights and credits. The following questions were submitted for decision:— 1. Do the several specific devises of the income of real estate therein described…
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
Caroline Keazer left at her decease a will, some of the provisions of which are deemed to be of such doubtful meaning and effect as to render it expedient to obtain a construction of them by the court. Omitting such parts of the will as can have no bearing on the questions presented for our consideration, the instrument reads as follows:
“ Second. During the lives of my son James Keazer, and his wife Mary Elizabeth Keazer, I give and bequeath to them one-half of the income of my store and the land connected therewith, situated on the North Westerly side of Middle Street, in said Portland, and…
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