Hood v. Boardman
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition" to the Probate Court, by the administrators with the will annexed and the trustees under the will of William H. Boardman, for instructions as to the disposition of a part of the income of a trust fund.
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Petition" to the Probate Court, by the administrators with the will annexed and the trustees under the will of William H. Boardman, for instructions as to the disposition of a part of the income of a trust fund. The petition alleged that the testator died on September 15, 1876, leaving a will, which was duly admitted to probate, and which, after a bequest of personal property and a devise for life of his homestead in Lawrence to his widow, with power to sell it, proceeded as follows : “ The remainder of the above bequeathed portion of my real estate, or of the proceeds arising from the sale…
1Opinion of the CourtDevens, J.
The question to be considered under the bill for instructions brought by the administrators with the will annexed and the trustees under the will of William H. Boardman relates to the disposition of two ninths of the income from a certain estate on Essex Street in the city of Lawrence. The second clause in the testator’s will disposes of this income by giving one third thereof to the widow for life. The remaining two thirds of the income, and in certain events the whole income and the estate itself, are to be disposed of as provided for in four distinct contingencies : 1. While the widow and…
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