Upham v. Emerson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity by the executor of, and trustee under, the "will of William P. Emerson, against Harriet M. Emerson, the widow of the testator, and Helen W. Beseler, his daughter, to obtain the instructions of the court. The case was reserved by Devenís, J., for the consideration of the full court, upon the bill and answers. The facts of the case appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtDevens, J.
William P. Emerson died April 19, 1871, leaving a widow, Harriet M. Emerson, two daughters, Helen W. Beseler, wife of William Beseler, and Adelaide A. Emerson, children by a former wife, and Emily U., daughter by said widow, and no other issue. By the will, all the estate, real and personal, was devised and bequeathed to the trustee in trust to pay of the net income thereof one third to the wife of the testator, Harriet M. Emerson, during her life, and the remaining two thirds, and, after the death of the widow, the whole of said net income, to the daughters Helen, Adelaide and Emily, in…
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