Schaffer v. Wadsworth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
'Bill in equity, filed October 29, 1869, by the children and legal representatives of John Odin, Jr., and of Esther Dorr, wife of Benjamin Dorr, against the administrator with the will annexed of John Odin, and Day O. Kellogg, Harriet W. O. Kellogg, his wife, and the children and legal representatives of Amelia Currier, wife of Benjamin H. Currier, praying for a decree for the distribution of a portion of the trust fund under said will.
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'Bill in equity, filed October 29, 1869, by the children and legal representatives of John Odin, Jr., and of Esther Dorr, wife of Benjamin Dorr, against the administrator with the will annexed of John Odin, and Day O. Kellogg, Harriet W. O. Kellogg, his wife, and the children and legal representatives of Amelia Currier, wife of Benjamin H. Currier, praying for a decree for the distribution of a portion of the trust fund under said will. The case, as it appeared from the bill and answers, on which it was reserved by Ames, J., for the determination of the full court, was as follows: John Odin…
1Opinion of the CourtWells, J.
The testator, after sundry bequests, directed that all his remaining property should be divided into four equal parts. He gave one quarter each to a son and daughter. The other two quarters he gave to his executors, to invest and hold in trust. One half of the income he directed to be paid annually to his daughter, Harriet Kellogg, during her life. All parties assume that this life interest is not shortened by the subsequent provision for sale and distribution. The other half of the income he directed to be paid annually for the benefit of the children of his daughter Amelia, deceased ; but…
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