Peaslee v. Fletcher's Estate
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from the decree of the Probate Court for the District of Chittenden. Heard by the Court, Chittenden County, September Term, 1886, Taft, J., presiding. Judgment that the plaintiff was not entitled to the Manwell notes and cash on hand in the bouse or ‘ ‘ home place ” of the testatrix at the time of her decease. Mary M. Fletcher died, leaving a will, the clause of which in contention is set out in the opinion.
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Appeal from the decree of the Probate Court for the District of Chittenden. Heard by the Court, Chittenden County, September Term, 1886, Taft, J., presiding. Judgment that the plaintiff was not entitled to the Manwell notes and cash on hand in the bouse or ‘ ‘ home place ” of the testatrix at the time of her decease. Mary M. Fletcher died, leaving a will, the clause of which in contention is set out in the opinion. It appeared that the testatrix at the time of her death was possessed of a personal estate consisting mainly of United States bonds to the amount of about $175,000 ; that she bad…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Tyler, J.
The only question presented by the bill of exceptions in this case arises in construing the following clause in the will of Mary M. Fletcher, late of the city of Burlington, deceased, or rather that part of the clause which relates to .the bequest of the personal estate of the testatrix :
“ I give to my uncle, George L. Peaslee of Auburn, Maine, my home place on Prospect street in said Burlington, with my household furniture, and all my pei'sonal goods and chattels on said premises at the-time^of my decease.”
The plaintiff, who is the devisee…
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