White v. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity,' by the executor of the will of Ann White Dickinson, to obtain the instructions of the court as to the construction thereof and two codicils thereto.
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Bill in equity,' by the executor of the will of Ann White Dickinson, to obtain the instructions of the court as to the construction thereof and two codicils thereto. The bill alleged that the testatrix died on or about April 11, 1896, leaving a will and two codicils thereto, which were proved and allowed in the Probate Court for the county of Suffolk- on July 23, 1896. The third section of said will is as follows: “ I give all my personal effects, consisting of my furniture, household utensils, linen and clothing, all my silver and china ware, all my personal ornaments, pictures, paintings,…
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, J.
This is a bill for instructions brought by the executor of the will of Ann White Dickinson. The questions all concern the construction' of a second codicil, entitled. “ Memorandum” which seems to have been drawn without the help of a lawyer, and which raises difficulties of the kind to be expected under such circumstances.
The second codicil begins by declaring that the testatrix gives “ the remainder of articles, not previously disposed of, and declare that it is my will, or whoever may execute the same, shall deliver the articles of money, furniture, paintings, wearing ap*95parel, personal…
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