Haskell v. Staples
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Bill in equity asking for the construction of the will of Nathaniel McLellan, and especially paragraph four of said will. This cause was heard upon bill and answers. Questions of law having arisen of sufficient importance and doubt, and the parties agreeing thereto, the cause was reported to the Law Court for decision upon the bill and answers. Case stated in opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCornish, J.
Nathaniel McLellan of Newfield in the County of York died testate in 1884, his last will and testament being duly proved and allowed on the first Tuesday of August, 1884. Hall J. Staples was appointed executor thereof. The executor converted all the assets of the estate into cash, paid the indebtedness and the bequests and filed two accounts which were duly allowed. The last account showed a balance of $3,054.94 in his hands, which balance is on deposit in the Portland Savings Bank and with accrued dividends How amounts to more than five thousand dollars.
Hall J. Staples being adjudged of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Olliffe v. WellsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1881
- Nichols v. AllenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1881
- Heidenheimer v. BaumanTexas Supreme Court · 1892
- Chamberlain v. StearnsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
- In re the Judicial Settlement of the Account of KeenanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
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