White v. Howard
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Bill in Equity by tbe executors of the will ot William Bostwick, praying for advice in the construction of the will; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven county, and reserved for advice on facts found by a committee.
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Bill in Equity by tbe executors of the will ot William Bostwick, praying for advice in the construction of the will; brought to the Superior Court in New Haven county, and reserved for advice on facts found by a committee. The material provisions of the will were as follows: After the payment of certain legacies, amounting in the aggregate to $8,500, including a legacy of $1000 to the Southern Aid Society, all the residue of the testator’s estate, both real and personal, was devised and bequeathed to certain trustees named, as joint tenants in fee-simple, as a trust fund to be applied for the…
1Opinion of the CourtFoster, J.
This bill is brought by the executors and trus- • rtees appointed by the last will and testament of the late *355William Bostwick, to procure a construction of that instrument, and to remove certain doubts which it is alleged have arisen as to the validity and effect of some of its provisions. The will bears date May 23, 1860, and there are two codicils annexed to it, one dated April 1,1861, the other August 16, 1862. The testator died on the l-6th of April, 1863, and the will was admitted to probate in the district of New Haven on the 9th of June, 1863.
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