Gilman v. Burnett
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Bill in equity asking for the construction of a certain clause in the will of Mina Perry. The cause was heard upon bill, answer and replication, and the sitting Justice before whom the cause was heard, being of the opinion that questions of law were involved of sufficient importance to justify the same and the parties agreeing thereto, the cause was reported to the Law Court to determine the construction .of the will in question, as provided in R. S., 1903, Chap. 79, Sec. 6,…
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Bill in equity asking for the construction of a certain clause in the will of Mina Perry. The cause was heard upon bill, answer and replication, and the sitting Justice before whom the cause was heard, being of the opinion that questions of law were involved of sufficient importance to justify the same and the parties agreeing thereto, the cause was reported to the Law Court to determine the construction .of the will in question, as provided in R. S., 1903, Chap. 79, Sec. 6, paragraph 8 (R. S., 1916, Chap. 82, Sec. 6, paragraph 10); whether the trust therein created has failed, and if it had…
1Opinion of the CourtCornish, C. J.
The plaintiff asks the construction of the following clause in the will of Mina Perry, who died January 13,1916:
“Tenth: I give, bequeath and devise to my beloved aunt, Lydia B. Pickett, of Hyde Park, Massachusetts, the farm owned by me in Augusta, Maine, which is situate on the Eight Rod Road, so-called, on the west side of the Kennebec River, and about two and one-half miles north of the Kennebec Bridge in said Augusta; said farm containing fifty acres, more or less, with the buildings thereon; also my wood lot situate in Sidney in said County of Kennebec and State of Maine, and all the…
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