Old Colony Trust Co. v. Richardson

This is a petition in equity brought in the Probate Court by the trustee under the will of William J. Leckie, late of Boston, against Berenice M. Richardson, his granddaughter; Josephine L. Washburn, formerly Josephine L. Pope, his adopted daughter; the executor of the will of his deceased wife, Mary E. Leckie; and certain charitable corporations named in the wife’s will, for instructions as to the effect of the exercise by said Mary E. Leckie of a power of appointment given by the will of her husband, William J. Leckie. A guardian ad litem was appointed to represent the interests of unborn…