Allen v. Merrill

This is a bill, by executors of an estate and trustees under a will, to remove a cloud from their title, occasioned by attachment and execution levies upon the interest of one beneficiary of the trust.

Oscar M. Allen died July 26, 1910, leaving a will, nominating plaintiffs joint executors and trustees. The will devised a life estate in the homestead to his wife with reversion to his children, and bequeathed household furniture and personal belongings to his wife, devised the remainder of his property to the executors in trust, with power to sell or mortgage and invest the proceeds so as to…