Loring v. Thompson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed March 30, 1903, by the executor and trustee under the will of Mary S. B. Thompson, for instructions. The case came on to be heard before Braley, J., who by agreement of parties reserved it upon the bill and answer for determination by the full court, such order to be made therein as justice and equity might require.
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
The testatrix, by her will, gave $30,000 to trustees, to hold and invest and pay the net income thereof to Charlotte S. Averill for life, and the remainder to others, $15,000 upon the same terms to the same trustees for the benefit of Amy S. Perry for life, with remainder over, $5,000 absolutely to Caroline A. Thompson, and the residue to Charlotte S. Averill. The estate is insufficient to pay these legacies in full. If the estate had been sufficient, one life tenant would have been entitled to the income of the fund of $30,000 from the death of the testatrix, the other to the income of the…
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