Hesseltine v. Partridge
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Probate Court for the county of Middlesex by the executrix of the will of Francis S. Hesseltine, late of Newton, for instructions relating to the disposition of two thirds of the income from a certain parcel of real estate owned by the testator at the time of his death and disposed of by his will.
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Bill in equity, filed in the Probate Court for the county of Middlesex by the executrix of the will of Francis S. Hesseltine, late of Newton, for instructions relating to the disposition of two thirds of the income from a certain parcel of real estate owned by the testator at the time of his death and disposed of by his will. The suit was heard upon an agreed statement of facts by L. E. Chamberlain, J., who filed a decree instructing the plaintiff that payment be made to the testator’s son, Norman F. Hesseltine; and the testator’s daughters appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtJenney, J.
Francis S. Hesseltine died testate February 17, 1916, leaving a widow, who is the plaintiff, a son, Norman F. Hesseltine, and two daughters, Marion E. Hesseltine and Gertrude R. Partridge. His estate consisted of personal property, inventoried as of the value of $77,831.87, and real estate as of the value of $72,700. The debts and expenses of administration did not exceed $12,000. His real estate, as described in the will, was situated on Concord Square, Huntington Avenue, Tremont Street, and Townsend Street in Boston, and West Emerson Street in Melrose. The testator sold, after the will had…
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