Crapo v. Price
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Probate Court for the county of Bristol on September 23,1904, by the trustees under the will of Sylvia Ann Howland, late of New Bedford, for instructions. The clause of the will to be interpreted is quoted in full in the first paragraph of the opinion.
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Bill in equity, filed in the Probate Court for the county of Bristol on September 23,1904, by the trustees under the will of Sylvia Ann Howland, late of New Bedford, for instructions. The clause of the will to be interpreted is quoted in full in the first paragraph of the opinion. The Probate Court made a decree “ that the estate given by the sixth section of the will of Sylvia Ann Howland belongs only to those children of Keziah Price who were living at the decease of said Keziah Price, and Charles R. Price as executor of Abbie C. Bassett is not entitled to a share thereof.” Charles R.…
1Opinion of the CourtSheldon, J.
The sixth clause of the will of Sylvia Ann Howland reads as follows: “ I give and bequeath to the said Edward D. Mandell, George Howland, Jr., and William A. Gordon, trustees above named, the further sum of ten thousand dollars in trust; and I direct them to invest the same in their own name, and to pay to Keziah Price, daughter of the late Charles Russell, the income and net profits therefrom during her life, and after her decease to pay, distribute and divide the said principal fund, however the same may be then invested, to and among the children of said Keziah and the issue of any…
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