Shaw v. Eckley
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in EQUITY, filed December 9, 1896, by the trustee under the. will of Caroline S. Eckley, to obtain the instructions of the court as to the construction of the will. Hearing before Barker, J., who reserved the case for the determination of the full court, upon the petition and answers. The facts appear in the opinion. The. case was argued at the bar in March, 1897, and after-wards was submitted on briefs to all the justices.
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
This bill for instructions relates to two funds, each of which is derived from the estate of Caroline S. Eckley, deceased. The first is the share of her son David, referred to in the fifth clause of the second codicil of her will, which is as follows: “ It is my will that all the property coming under my *121said will from my estate to my sons David Eckley and - John Lowell Eckley shall be held in trust by the trustees hereinafter appointed, or by whomsoever shall act in their place, and that the share of each son shall be managed separately, as a distinct trust; and the net income of each of my…
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