Pickering v. Young

The residuary clause of the will of Frances C. Sparhawk was as follows: “The remainder of my estate *293— excluding articles named in the unattested list — after the Executor shall have paid all expenses, I give to my cousin, Abby R. Loring, one half to be used for her brother, E. James Loring. Or should I survive her, the money willed to her is to be given” to the “Massachusetts Medical Benevolent Society.” The disposition of the articles named in the unattested list, which the executor was directed to distribute to persons named in that list, is not now in question. That list dealt with a…