Blastow v. Hardy
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. The following facts appeared: — Peter Hardy, Jr., died in 1859, testate, his will containing, after certain minor bequests, the following: — "Sixthly. — I do direct that after the payment of my just debts and the expense of executing this, my last will and testament, and the payment of the foregoing legacies, that the remainder of all my estate, both real and personal, of every description, be given and bequeathed to my son, George W. Hardy, and he is to provide…
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On report. The following facts appeared: — Peter Hardy, Jr., died in 1859, testate, his will containing, after certain minor bequests, the following: — "Sixthly. — I do direct that after the payment of my just debts and the expense of executing this, my last will and testament, and the payment of the foregoing legacies, that the remainder of all my estate, both real and personal, of every description, be given and bequeathed to my son, George W. Hardy, and he is to provide for my beloved wife, Joanna Hardy, a good and sufficient maintenance during her life, in such place as she may see fit,…
1Opinion of the CourtLibbey, J.
This is an appeal from the decree of the judge of probate for Hancock county, allowing the account of the appellee, as administrator with the will annexed, of the estate of Peter Hardy, Jr., deceased.
At the term when the appeal was entered, the appellee filed a motion to dismiss it, on the ground that the appellant had no legal right to appeal; and the case comes before this court for the determination of that question.
Peter Hardy, Jr., died in 1859, testate; and by his will, after certain minor legacies, he gave all the rest and residue of his estate to his son George W. Hardy, imposing upon…
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