Goodrich v. Henderson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed as a substitute bill in the Supreme Judicial Court on December 31, 1914, by the executor of the will of Elizabeth P. Goodrich, late of Boston, who was the wife of the plaintiff and died in the year 1911, her will having been proved on September 7 of that year, for instructions as to the powers and duties of the plaintiff as executor and as legatee.
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Bill in equity, filed as a substitute bill in the Supreme Judicial Court on December 31, 1914, by the executor of the will of Elizabeth P. Goodrich, late of Boston, who was the wife of the plaintiff and died in the year 1911, her will having been proved on September 7 of that year, for instructions as to the powers and duties of the plaintiff as executor and as legatee. The will of the testatrix, after pecuniary legacies to the three children of the testatrix (two sons and a daughter) and to other persons, disposed of the residue of her estate as follows: “4. From the income of the balance of…
1Opinion of the CourtLoring, J.
The plaintiff is entitled under the will of his wife to the income of the residue of her property during his life, with a power of spending and consuming the principal subject to the charge, amounting to $300 a year, in favor of the two aunts of the testatrix until the death of the survivor of them. Until the death of both aunts the plaintiff cannot exercise his power of spending and consuming the principal so that the remaining principal will not produce $300 a year. Subject to that he has the right during his lifetime to spend and consume the principal for any purpose which he in good faith…
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