Blaine v. Dow
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
This is a bill in equity in which the construction of the will of Mary. Jenness Rawson, of Boston, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is asked. The will was made on the thirteenth day of February, 1901, and the testatrix died on the 26th day of November, 1903. The will was duly proved and allowed in Massachusetts and an authenticated copy thereof was proved and allowed by the Probate Court of Penobscot County in the State of Maine, and letters testamentary issued.
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This is a bill in equity in which the construction of the will of Mary. Jenness Rawson, of Boston, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is asked. The will was made on the thirteenth day of February, 1901, and the testatrix died on the 26th day of November, 1903. The will was duly proved and allowed in Massachusetts and an authenticated copy thereof was proved and allowed by the Probate Court of Penobscot County in the State of Maine, and letters testamentary issued. The following questions are asked in the bill, to wit: 1. Under the fourth clause in the will of Mary Jenness Rawson, what kind…
1Opinion of the CourtBird, J.
This bill in equity seeks the construction of the will of Mary Jenness Rawson, of Boston, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It bears date the thirteenth day of February, A. D. 1901 The death of the testatrix occurred on the twenty-sixth day of November, A. D. 1903, and, her will having been duly proved and allowed in Massachusetts, an authenticated copy was proved and allowed by the Probate Court of Penobscot County in this State and letters testamentary issued to Richard S. Dow one of the two executors named in the will, the other declining, at the May term, 1904.
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2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Griswold v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1824
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