Fuller v. Fuller
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Bill in equity, heard on bill and answers to obtain the construction of the will of Thomas Fuller, late of Augusta, deceased, testate.
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On report. Bill in equity, heard on bill and answers to obtain the construction of the will of Thomas Fuller, late of Augusta, deceased, testate. The material portions of the will are as follows : "After the payment of my just debts, funeral charges and expenses of administration, I dispose of my estate as follows : " 1st. To my beloved wife, Adah L. Fuller, the use of the house, garden connected therewith, and the furniture, and crockery and other household-ware now in the house occupied by me as residence, or which may be there at the time of my death, during her life. " 2nd. From any money…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitehouse, J.
This is an amicable proceeding in equity
for the purpose of obtaining a judicial construction of the will of Thomas Fuller. It is presented on bill and answer, the defendants admitting as true all the statements offactinthe bill.
The will is inartificially drawn, but it is not difficult to discern the real purpose of the testator pervading the instrument. And although certainty and security in the disposition of landed *479property suggest a reasonable regard for settled rules of construction, as aids in discovering the intention, still when that intention can be gathered from the whole will taken…
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