Deering v. Adams
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Appeal from a decree of the Judge of Probate, appointing the appellee to be guardian to certain minor children. Edward D. Preble died possessed of property, real and personal, to the amount of several thousand dollars, leaving a widow and three minor children.
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Appeal from a decree of the Judge of Probate, appointing the appellee to be guardian to certain minor children. Edward D. Preble died possessed of property, real and personal, to the amount of several thousand dollars, leaving a widow and three minor children. His mother survived him, and, by her will, appointed the appellants as her executors, and entrusted to them the entire care and management of a large estate for the period of twenty years for the benefit of Edward’s children. In the will, she appropriated funds for their education and support, and expressed it as her “ particular will…
1Opinion of the CourtHoward, J.
The appellants are executors of the will of Mrs. Preble, and entrusted with the entire care and management of her estate, for the period of twenty years, for the benefit of the three children of her deceased son Edward D. Preble, according to provisions and directions contained in the will. The executrix expresses it as her “ particular will and request,” that the same persons who are her executors shall also be the guardians of these children, who were her only grandchildren; and as her “ express wish and desire,” that no difficulty should be suffered to arise on account of the special…
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