Walton v. Draper
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Probate Court for the county of Middlesex on October 22, 1908, by the trustee under the will of Sarah A. Patch, late of Wakefield, for instructions as to whether the principal of the trust fund described in the opinion should be transferred and conveyed, one half to the executrix of the testatrix’s son Fred C. Patch, and one half to the executor of the will of her son Charles H. Patch, for disposition in accordance with the wills of such sons,…
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Bill in equity, filed in the Probate Court for the county of Middlesex on October 22, 1908, by the trustee under the will of Sarah A. Patch, late of Wakefield, for instructions as to whether the principal of the trust fund described in the opinion should be transferred and conveyed, one half to the executrix of the testatrix’s son Fred C. Patch, and one half to the executor of the will of her son Charles H. Patch, for disposition in accordance with the wills of such sons, they having been living at the time of the death of the testatrix and being then her sole heirs and next of kin, but…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
The testatrix, after having provided for the payment of debts, funeral expenses and the maintenance of her family burial lot, and making small pecuniary bequests to her sister and several public charities, devised and bequeathed by the eighth clause of her will the residue of her property in trust. The trustee, who was given ample discretionary powers in the investment and management of the estate, was directed to pay over the income to her sons, “ Charles H. Patch and Fred C. Patch share and share alike . . . upon the death of either to pay his share of the income to the lawful issue of his…
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