Blaisdell v. Hight
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On eepoet. Writ oe entry, in which the plaintiff seeks to recover one undivided sixteenth of the real estate described in the writ, as heir of her father, Alexander Barnard, who died January 14, 1877, leaving four heirs, of whom the plaintiff is one.
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On eepoet. Writ oe entry, in which the plaintiff seeks to recover one undivided sixteenth of the real estate described in the writ, as heir of her father, Alexander Barnard, who died January 14, 1877, leaving four heirs, of whom the plaintiff is one. Alexander Barnard, on the first day of July, 1856, made and executed a will of the following tenor: “ I. I give arid bequeath to my wife, Betsy Barnard, a comfortable support during her life; and it is my will that she shall be furnished with meat, drink, lodging, clothing, medical attendance and nursing, and all other things necessary for her…
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, J.
The testator, after bequeathing a support to his wife, and sums of money to several children, added in his will *308these words: “I give and devise to my son, Albert Gr. Barnard, his heirs and assigns, all my real estate situate in Sidney aforesaid ; also, all the residue of my personal estate and possessions of whatever kind or name.” Many years after the will was made, an undivided fourth of a parcel of land,, not situate in Sydney, descended to him from a brother. It is reasonable to suppose, as argued on both sides, that at the date of the will he had no expectation of such an inheritance.…
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