Copp v. Worcester County National Bank

This is a petition for declaratory relief by Helen Gr. Copp, widow of Ernest Gr. Copp (the testator), who died April 27, 1960, leaving a will executed September 2,1924. The petition concerns a trust, of which Worcester County National Bank is trustee, created by cl. 1 of the will.

The first paragraph of cl. 1 gave all the testator’s property in trust “to pay the income . . ¿ to my wife, Helen Gr. Copp, during her life, provided she does not remarry.” Then followed the second and third paragraphs of cl. 1: “ [2nd par.] I . . . authorize my . . . trustee . . . to spend from the principal . . .…