Legal Opinion
In re Pierpoint's Will
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided April 13, 1900PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Appeal from a decree of the Probate Court construing certain clauses in the will of Susan Pierpoint, deceased. The Trustees of the Rutland Hospital and the Rutland Missionary Association each claimed the same property by virtue of the. clauses in question. Trial by court, Rutland County, March Term, 1899, Watson, J., presiding. Judgment on facts found in favor of the Trustees of the Hospital. The Rutland Missionary Association excepted.
1Opinion of the CourtTyler, J.
This case comes here upon a statement of facts found by the trial court.
The clauses in the will bearing upon the question submitted are as follows:
“I give and bequeath to my beloved sister, Julia Pierpoint, all my estate, real and personal, which I now hold in my own right, and also, all my right and interest both in real and personal *205property in the estate of my father, the late Robert Pierpoint of Rutland, deceased, to have and to hold the same to her and to her heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns forever, on the following conditions, namely:
“Provided that my sister, the said…
2Cited by4 opinions
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