Singhi v. Dean
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report on an agreed statement of facts. A bill in equity brought before the Judge of Probate for the County of Knox under Sec. 2 of Chap. 67 of the Revised Statutes, seeking the construction of the will of Susan S. Singhi, and especially and particularly as to whether the provisions of the second item offends the Rule against Perpetuities.
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On report on an agreed statement of facts. A bill in equity brought before the Judge of Probate for the County of Knox under Sec. 2 of Chap. 67 of the Revised Statutes, seeking the construction of the will of Susan S. Singhi, and especially and particularly as to whether the provisions of the second item offends the Rule against Perpetuities. The Judge of Probate held that said second item in the will, which created a trust including real estate, did violate the Rule against Perpetuities, and made a decree sustaining the bill, and ordered the real estate sold by the trustee, and the proceeds…
1Opinion of the CourtWilson, J.
A bill in equity brought before the Judge of Probate for the County of Knox under Sec. 2 of Chap. 67, R. S., praying for the construction of the will of the late Susan S. Singhi, and particularly whether the provisions of the second item violate the Rule against Perpetuities.
The Judge of Probate held that a perpetuity was created by said second item, and ordered the real estate, which by the terms of said second item was placed in trust, sold by the trustee and the proceeds distributed among the heirs of the testatrix.
From the decree of the Judge of Probate the defendant appealed to the…
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