Burrage v. Briggs
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill ut equity, filed October 5, 1875, by the administrator with the will annexed of Lucy Ann Sargent, to obtain the instructions of the court, and alleging the following facts: The will of the testratrix, dated January 25, 1867, and duly admitted to probate, was, so far as is material to this case, as follows: “ Third.
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Bill ut equity, filed October 5, 1875, by the administrator with the will annexed of Lucy Ann Sargent, to obtain the instructions of the court, and alleging the following facts: The will of the testratrix, dated January 25, 1867, and duly admitted to probate, was, so far as is material to this case, as follows: “ Third. I give, devise and bequeath to my said brother Enos Briggs, in trust for the benefit of my adopted daughter, Carrie Briggs Sargent, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, to be invested by the said trustee, my said brother, as a separate and distinct trust fund, and to be…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
The residuary bequest was to Enos Briggs absolutely, and by his death, without issue, lapsed and went to the adopted child of the testatrix. Sohier v. Inches, 12 Gray, 385. Kimball v. Story, 108 Mass. 382. Sewall v. Roberts, 115 Mass. 262. St. 1871, c. 310, § 8. Decree accordingly.
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Sewall v. RobertsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
- Kimball v. StoryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
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