Thompson v. Pew
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Supreme Judicial Court on July 19, 1912, by the executors of the will of Mary Huntington Cooke, widow of Josiah P. Cooke, late of Cambridge, for instructions upon the question which is stated in the opinion. By agreement of the parties the case was reserved by Sheldon, J., upon the bill and answers for determination by the full court.
1Opinion of the CourtHammond, J.
Under her husband’s will Mrs. Cooke took a life'estate in the residue of his property, “with full power to dispose of the whole by will.” Intending to exercise this power she made a will, in the thirteenth clause of which she under the power bequeathed $10,000 to her brother William R. Huntington, who bore no relation to her husband except that of a brother-in-law. He died before her, leaving as his only heirs four children, all of whom are still living. The object of this bill is to ascertain to whom this $10,000 shall be paid.
There are three contentions made by the respondents respectively…
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