Rotch v. Rotch
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed November 23, 1897, by the trustees under the will of Benjamin S. Botch, to obtain the instructions of the court as to the construction of the will.* Hearing before Morton, J., who, at the request of the parties, reserved the case for the consideration of the full court. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBarker, J.
The executors of the will of Benjamin S. Botch obtained the instructions of this court as to the construction of his will in the case reported under the name of Rotch v. Loring, 169 Mass. 190. The testator left a widow, two sons, and three daughters. The petition in Rotch v. Loring was made after the death of the widow and of one son, the deceased son having died testate and leaving a widow and no issue. In that case the *127principal question was as to the disposition of a fund which the testator had directed to be deposited for his deceased son, to whom the income was payable during the son’s…
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