Old Colony Trust Co. v. Treasurer & Receiver General

This is a petition for instructions, brought in the Probate Court for the county of Suffolk by the executor under the will of William H. Reed, as to the construction and legal effect of the first and second paragraphs of the will which are as follows:(1) “After the payment of my just debts and funeral charges, I bequeath and devise as follows: Francena Robinson, my sister, of Braintree and to her heirs, Fifteen thousand dollars ($15000. %) the principal sum of which shall be invested in real estate mortgages, by my trustee, in Boston, in sums not to exceed % of the assessed value, and the…