Kingman v. New Bedford Home for Aged
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill dm equity, filed in the Probate Court for the county of Bristol on April 22,1918, by trustees under the will of George D. Barnard, late of St. Louis in the State of Missouri, for instructions as to whether, under a provision in that will that certain property should be received by them "for the use and benefit of the New Bedford Home for Aged People, or if there be no such home, then to such charities in the City of New Bedford as the said board of trustees, by a…
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Bill dm equity, filed in the Probate Court for the county of Bristol on April 22,1918, by trustees under the will of George D. Barnard, late of St. Louis in the State of Missouri, for instructions as to whether, under a provision in that will that certain property should be received by them "for the use and benefit of the New Bedford Home for Aged People, or if there be no such home, then to such charities in the City of New Bedford as the said board of trustees, by a majority vote, may select,” either the Association for the Relief of Aged Women of New Bedford or the New Bedford Home for…
1Opinion of the CourtJenney, J.
The will of George D. Barnard, late of St. Louis, Missouri, was duly proved in a Probate Court of that State; and thereafter, on March 1, 1918, it was ordered to be filed and recorded in the registry of probate for the county of Bristol in this Commonwealth, under the provisions of R. L. c. 136, §§10 and 11.
The will was dated at St. Louis on January 16, 1914. It contains the following provision: “Out of the income arising from the said trust estate, the board of trustees shall annually pay the sum of Thirty-six Hundred Dollars ($3600.00) in monthly installments of Three Hundred Dollars…
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