Hichborn v. Bradbury
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Case remanded to the sitting Justice, when the children of Mrs Wilson may be made parties by guardian ad litem om motion by the plaintiffs. When the proper parties are before the court, the sitting Justice may enter a decree in accordance with this; opinion. This is a bill in equity asking the construction of the will of Eliza Ann Bradbury and asking the court to define and interpret the limit and extent of the discretionary power given the trustees thereunder.
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On report. Case remanded to the sitting Justice, when the children of Mrs Wilson may be made parties by guardian ad litem om motion by the plaintiffs. When the proper parties are before the court, the sitting Justice may enter a decree in accordance with this; opinion. This is a bill in equity asking the construction of the will of Eliza Ann Bradbury and asking the court to define and interpret the limit and extent of the discretionary power given the trustees thereunder. The defendant, Charles Bradbury, joined in all the prayers in said complainants’ bill and asked the court to advise and…
1Opinion of the CourtSpear, J.
This is a bill in equity seeking the construction of the will of Eliza Ann Bradbury, particularly the provisions of the third clause, and asking the court to define and interpret the limit and extent of the discretionary power given the trustees thereunder.
The defendant, Charles Bradbury, in his answer joins in all the prayers of the complainants’ bill, asking the advice of the court.
The defendant, Eliza Louisa Bradbury Wilson, files an answer with demurrer inserted therein, and for cause of demurrer shows: First: That the bill asks general and indefinite instructions from the court as to the…
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