Farrington v. Putnam
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
In Equity. On Exceptions and Appeal. This was a bill in equity, brought by and in behalf of the several heirs at law of Ira P. Farrington, late of Portland, deceased, against the executors of said Farrington’s estate and the Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary, of said Portland, such of said heirs at law as were not made plaintiffs in the bill being joined as defendants therein.
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In Equity. On Exceptions and Appeal. This was a bill in equity, brought by and in behalf of the several heirs at law of Ira P. Farrington, late of Portland, deceased, against the executors of said Farrington’s estate and the Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary, of said Portland, such of said heirs at law as were not made plaintiffs in the bill being joined as defendants therein. Demurrers were filed by the executors and by the Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary, and the cause came on to be heard in the court below, where the demurrers were sustained and the plaintiffs filed exceptions. The presiding justice…
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
Ira P. Farrington, the testator, whose will is called in question by this bill in equity, died at his home in Portland, December 17, 1894, leaving a will dated July 9, 1891, and a codicil dated January 4, 1893. The will was probated in January, 1895, in the probate court below and approved by this court in the next April afterwards. The will, after a most generous provision for his widow, and numerous bequests to his relatives, besides several large bequests to certain local charities other than those to be herein named, contains the following residuary clause: — “Fifth. All the rest and…
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