Dunn v. Morse
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
In equity. On report. Bill sustained. Bill in equity against eighteen defendants praying for the construction of the will of James P. Parker, late of Bangor. In addition to the defendants named in the bill, the Bangor Young Men’s Christian Association located at Bangor, and the Good Samaritan. Home also located at Bangor, were by leave of court admitted as parties defendant. Answers were filed by all the defendants.
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In equity. On report. Bill sustained. Bill in equity against eighteen defendants praying for the construction of the will of James P. Parker, late of Bangor. In addition to the defendants named in the bill, the Bangor Young Men’s Christian Association located at Bangor, and the Good Samaritan. Home also located at Bangor, were by leave of court admitted as parties defendant. Answers were filed by all the defendants. The cause was then reported to the Law Court “to be determined by that court upon the bill and answers,” it being “agreed that the facts set forth in the bill and answers are…
1Opinion of the Court
PIai,Ey, J.
This is a bill in equity brought by the plaintiff as trustee under the will of James P. Parker, asking for a construction of certain provisions of the will of said Parker, and directions as to his duties as trustee under said will, with the stipulation that, if the court sustains the trust, the Good Samaritan Home and the Bangor Young Mens’ Christian Association may be further heard before a single justice upon their application for a portion or the whole of the property in question.
*256James P. Parker died at Bangor, of which city he was a resident, ■on August i, 1892, leaving as his…
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