Bryant v. Plummer
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. This is a bill in equity by trustees, under the will of Hiram T. Plummer, late of Portland, deceased, asking for the construction of a portion of the residuary bequest in said will. All of the parties defendant filed answers, admitting all of the allegations in the bill.
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On report. This is a bill in equity by trustees, under the will of Hiram T. Plummer, late of Portland, deceased, asking for the construction of a portion of the residuary bequest in said will. All of the parties defendant filed answers, admitting all of the allegations in the bill. At the close of the hearing in the cause, the same, by agreement of parties, was reported to the Law Court next to be held at Portland, 1913. The bill and answers, with the order of the court thereon, to make the report' of said cause. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtPhilbrook, J.
Bill in equity for the construction of a certain portion of the last will and testament of Hiram T. Plummer. The single question which the parties submit to the court relates to the construction of the twenty-seventh paragraph of the will which is as follows:
“27th. All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, of whatsoever name or nature and wheresoever situated, of which I may die seized or possessed, or to which at the time of my decease I may be in any way entitled, including all and any of the foregoing legacies, devises and trust provisions, which may in whole or part lapse or for…
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