In re Potter's Will
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from a decree of the probate court establishing the instrument proposed as the last -will and testament of Fayette Potter; Town of Pawlet, proponent; Florence E. Potter, contestant. Trial by court at the September Term, 1914, Rutland County, Slack, J., presiding. Judgment establishing the instrument as such will. The contestant excepted. The opinion states the ease.
1Opinion of the CourtHaselton, J.
This is a case in which the county court on appeal from the probate court rendered judgment allowing and establishing a certain written instrument as the last will and testament of Fayette’Potter.
The will makes various bequests and then provides that the income from the residuary estate shall go to the town of Pawlet, to be used for making and keeping in repair the highways and bridges of the town, and that, if the income is more than sufficient for these purposes, the surplus shall be used for the support of the schools of the town. There is also a provision for sup*362plying the town with a…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Piper v. MoultonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1881
- Goodrich's Appeal from ProbateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1888
- Hitchcock v. ShawMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
- MarstonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1887
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- RichburgSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1952
- CoySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1927