Hall v. Williams
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill nr equity, filed January 21, 1876, against Samuel K. Williams and the trustees under the will of Samuel K. Williams, deceased, to reach and apply the future income of a trust fund in their hands in payment of a debt due from the first named defendant to the plaintiff. The defendants demurred for want of equity ,• and the case was reserved by Morton, J., for the consideration of the full court. The material facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMobtoh, J.
The will of Samuel K. Williams, after certain bequests, gives and devises all the residue of his property to trustees, who are to hold and manage it, and to pay the balance of the income, after certain annuities are paid, in equal parts to his seven children or to the issue of such as shall decease. It then makes the following provision: “And I further qualify the order to pay into the hands of my children or to the lawful issue respectively of such as shall have deceased or shall decease leaving such issue, as follows, viz.: If either of the recipients under the order, children,…
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