Walcott v. Robinson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, filed in the Land Court on December 30, 1911, by an adopted son of Hannah M. Walcott, afterwards Hannah M. Butterfield, who also claimed as a devisee under the will of said Hannah, and a grantee of an adopted daughter of said Hannah, against certain persons claiming as the heirs of said Hannah under such designation in the will of Elisha Woodward, to register the title to a parcel of land on Friend Street in Boston.
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Petition, filed in the Land Court on December 30, 1911, by an adopted son of Hannah M. Walcott, afterwards Hannah M. Butterfield, who also claimed as a devisee under the will of said Hannah, and a grantee of an adopted daughter of said Hannah, against certain persons claiming as the heirs of said Hannah under such designation in the will of Elisha Woodward, to register the title to a parcel of land on Friend Street in Boston. In the Land Court the case was tried before Davis, J., who ordered that the petition be dismissed and reported the case for determination by this court. The will of…
1Opinion of the CourtSheldon, J.
The first question presented in this case arises under the will of Elisha Woodward. By the fifth clause of that will the testator gave to Hannah M. Walcott "the rents and use of land with the buildings thereon, situated and numbered sixty-two on Friend Street: To have, hold and enjoy the above bequest to *174the said Hannah M. Walcott during her natural life, and at her decease to her heirs and their assigns forever, in fee: the said Hannah M. Walcott to come into possession of the above named bequest at my decease.”
It is settled by our decisions that unless there is in this language of the…
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