Gordon v. Green
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed by the trustees under the will of Sylvia Ann Howland against Hetty H. Green, and Edward H. Green, her husband, both described in the bill as " of New York city and state,” to obtain the instructions of the court whether, under a clause of the will by which the residue of the testator’s estate was given to the trustees to pay its income to Hetty H. Green for life, and after her death to divide among all the lineal descendants then living of one Gideon…
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Bill in equity, filed by the trustees under the will of Sylvia Ann Howland against Hetty H. Green, and Edward H. Green, her husband, both described in the bill as " of New York city and state,” to obtain the instructions of the court whether, under a clause of the will by which the residue of the testator’s estate was given to the trustees to pay its income to Hetty H. Green for life, and after her death to divide among all the lineal descendants then living of one Gideon Howland, certain stock and certain money dividends of various railroad corporations were to be treated as interest or…
1Opinion of the CourtGray, C. J.
This is a bill in equity, filed by trustees for the instructions of the court in the execution of their trust. The question stated in the bill is whether certain dividends of stock and money, received by the trustees from various railroad corporations, are to be treated as income payable to Mrs. Green for life, or as part of the principal which is to go to the lineal descendants of Gideon Howland after her death. The trustees are mere stakeholders, having no interest in this question, and equally bound to protect the rights of the tenant for life and of those interested in remainder; the real…
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