Moore v. Alden
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Bill in equity by the trustee under the will of Horatio E. Alden, late of Camden, against the widow, heirs and legatees, to obtain a construction of the will. (Will.) "'I, Horatio E. Alden, of Camden, in the county of Knox, and State of Maine, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do make, publish and declare this my last will and testament, hereby revoking any other or others by me heretofore made. "First.
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On report. Bill in equity by the trustee under the will of Horatio E. Alden, late of Camden, against the widow, heirs and legatees, to obtain a construction of the will. (Will.) "'I, Horatio E. Alden, of Camden, in the county of Knox, and State of Maine, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do make, publish and declare this my last will and testament, hereby revoking any other or others by me heretofore made. "First. I order and direct my executors to pay all my funeral charges and expenses of suitable gravestones, as soon as may be after my decease, and my other individual debts as…
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
Horatio E. Alden, whose will is presented to be construed ly the court, after directing that certain necessary bills be paid, and giving his wife certain property outright, also gives to her an annuit3’ of one thousand dollars for her life time, the annuity to be paid from the earnings of his individual and partnership properties; and he declares that these gifts to his wife are to be in lieu of all allowances, dower, and distributive share to which she might be entitled out of his estate.
He then grants other annuities, their payment made subject to a prior pa3'inent of his wife’s annuity,…
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