Legal Opinion
Estate of Worthley
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided January 5, 1988PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKUSICK, Chief Justice.
This appeal presents the question whether a general power of appointment vested by a will in three donees survives when one of the three predeceases the testator. Arthur Abbott,1 personal representative of the Estate of Mary G. Worthley, late of West Lebanon, appeals from an order of the York County Probate Court, construing the following article of Miss Worthley’s will in light of the fact that Harriet Fogg predeceased her:
FIFTH: I request that my friends, Harriet Fogg, and Reverend and Mrs. Fred Robie of Sanford, Maine, shall insofar as possible specify the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Wilson v. SnowSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- In Re Estate of ThompsonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
- Moore v. EmerySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1941
- Bodfish v. BodfishSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1909
- Estate of SweetSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1987
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3Cited by4 opinions
- White v. Fleet Bank of MaineSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1999
- Estate of Sieber v. Oklahoma Tax CommissionCourt of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 2001
- Estate of LeightonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1994
- Estate of WorthleySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1988