In re the Estate of Hodgman

O’Brien, S.

In this trustees’ accounting a question of construction is presented by reason of the following facts:

The testator by the 6th paragraph of his will disposed of his residuary estate in the following language:

“ Sixth. All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, real and personal, or the proceeds thereof, including my residence at West Townsend, Massachusetts, subject to the foregoing devise to my said wife, I direct my executors hereinafter named, or such one of them as shall qualify, to divide into three equal parts.”

He left him suriving his widow and three children, Sarah K.…