Crafts v. Hunnewell
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition to the Prohate Court by the trustees under the will of Joseph Hunnewell for instructions on the question whether a provision in the will in favor of Sarah A. Hunnewell for her life was revoked by the third codicil of the will. The judge of probate ordered a decree to be entered that it was so revoked; and Sarah A. Hunnewell appealed to this court. Hearing before Morton, J., who reserved the case for the consideration of the full court.
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Petition to the Prohate Court by the trustees under the will of Joseph Hunnewell for instructions on the question whether a provision in the will in favor of Sarah A. Hunnewell for her life was revoked by the third codicil of the will. The judge of probate ordered a decree to be entered that it was so revoked; and Sarah A. Hunnewell appealed to this court. Hearing before Morton, J., who reserved the case for the consideration of the full court. The material provisions of the will and codicils appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLord, J.
Joseph Hunnewell gave his entire estate, with trifling exceptions, to trustees, who were to dispose of the income of it in a manner directed by the will; and by the seventh article of his will those trustees were required to pay to Edwin Hunnewell, his son, the income of four thousand dollars “ as long as he shall live, and if his wife Sarah should survive him, then to pay such income to her as long as she shall live.” The will was dated December 22, 1870.
In November 1871, he made a codicil, by which he increased the bequest to his son Edwin, and, besides directing his trustees to pay him the…
2Cited by1 opinion
- In re a Revocation of the Letters of Administration Granted On the Estate of NokesNew York Surrogate's Court · 1911