Wakefield v. Small
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Pill IN equity brought to obtain a construction of the will of Jones P. Yeazie, who died at Bangor, Pebuary 16, 1875,, ¡leaving a widow and six children, three of whom were minors. The widow, Susan T.. Yeazie, died April 16, 1882, while ¡the youngest child is only seven, years of age. The will provides as'follows : "Ninth.
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Pill IN equity brought to obtain a construction of the will of Jones P. Yeazie, who died at Bangor, Pebuary 16, 1875,, ¡leaving a widow and six children, three of whom were minors. The widow, Susan T.. Yeazie, died April 16, 1882, while ¡the youngest child is only seven, years of age. The will provides as'follows : "Ninth. I will and direct that my said executors and trustees pay to my said wife, Susan, the interest or income of thirty thous- and dollars in semi-annual payments during her natural life, from unoney invested and belonging to my estate and set aside for that purpose, which with…
1Opinion of the CourtStMONDS, J.
This is a bill in equity to determine the construction of a clause in the will of Jones P. Yeazie. It presents the single question, what disposition is to be made of the income of thirty thousand dollars, — a sum set apart for the use of "the widow, and the income of which she received annually during her life,— in the event (which has already occurred,) of her decease, before the arrival of the youngest child at the age of twenty-one years, the period of distribution fixed by the will.
It is the opinion of the court that under the will, upon the death of the widow, the application of the…
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