Bowker v. Bowker
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill i$t equity, brought by the trustee under the will of Joel Bowker, against the testator’s children and grandchildren, for instructions as to the disposition of a portion of a trust fund.
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Bill i$t equity, brought by the trustee under the will of Joel Bowker, against the testator’s children and grandchildren, for instructions as to the disposition of a portion of a trust fund. The will contained the following provisions: “ 1. I give and devise and bequeath unto my beloved wife, Lucretia, my estate in Crombie Street, where I now reside, being my brick mansion-house, with the land under and adjoining, with all the outbuildings and all the household furniture now used in my said dwelling-house, plate and other articles, to have and to hold the same to her for her own use, as her…
1Opinion of the CourtDevens, J.
At the decease of the testator, seven of his children survived him, who were all living at the time that he made his will, while at that time his daughter, Mrs. Eunice Torrey, had deceased.
In the first clause of his will, he makes provision for his wife for life, and disposes of the property held in trust for this purpose at her decease, by devising and bequeathing “ the same to be equally divided among all my children to their use and benefit forever, the issue of my deceased daughter Eunice, and the issue of any other of my children who may not be living at the time of my decease, to take…
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