Stone v. Bradlee
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed August 7, 1901, by the trustees under the will o£ Josiah Bradlee, for instructions as to the distribution of the fund given in trust for the benefit of Lucy Hall Shober during her life, she having died on May 18, 1901. The case came on to be heard before Loring, J., who made an interlocutory decree, and being of opinion that the matter ought to be determined by the full court before further proceedings reported the case for that purpose.
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Bill in equity, filed August 7, 1901, by the trustees under the will o£ Josiah Bradlee, for instructions as to the distribution of the fund given in trust for the benefit of Lucy Hall Shober during her life, she having died on May 18, 1901. The case came on to be heard before Loring, J., who made an interlocutory decree, and being of opinion that the matter ought to be determined by the full court before further proceedings reported the case for that purpose. By the report, it appeared, that Josiah Bradlee, formerly of Boston, died on January 5, 1860, and that his will, which was allowed on…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowltow, C. J.
By the twelfth clause of the will of Josiah Bradlee, one sixth part of the residue of his estate, after making certain payments, was to go to trustees, whose successors are the present plaintiffs, to be held in trust, to pay the net income quarterly to his daughter Lucy Hall Shober during her life. A further provision is as follows: “ Upon the decease of my said daughter, if she leaves children, such income shall be paid to such children, in equal shares, during their respective lives, and as such children shall successively decease, said sixth part of the residue and remainder of my estate,…
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