Bradbury v. Jackson
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Bill in equity; Sustained. Decree according to opinion. This was a bill in equity brought by Charles Bradbury, the only surviving son of James "VV. Bradbury, late of Augusta, for the construction of his father’s will, and especially under items ninth, tenth and eleventh. These items are set forth in full in the opinion of the court. The case came before the law court'upon report.
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On report. Bill in equity; Sustained. Decree according to opinion. This was a bill in equity brought by Charles Bradbury, the only surviving son of James "VV. Bradbury, late of Augusta, for the construction of his father’s will, and especially under items ninth, tenth and eleventh. These items are set forth in full in the opinion of the court. The case came before the law court'upon report. The questions raised under these items of the will were: 1. Whether under the provisions of the will the plaintiff takes an absolute estate at law or in equity in one undivided half of the residue, both…
1Opinion of the CourtPowers, J.
This bill is brought to obtain a construction of a part of the will of James W. Bradbury. The testator left an estate of about $217,000.00, all in personal property. By the first eight items of his will he gave about $37,000.00 in various public or private bequests, including a legacy of $8000.00 to his son Charles. The balance of his estate he disposed of by the ninth, tenth, and eleventh items of his will, which are as follows:
*453“Ninth. The residue of my property that remains after the payment of the bequests, gifts, debts and expenses provided for in the eight preceding sections, is to be…
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