Low v. Low
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Appeal from the decree of the judge of probate in allowing the account of James Low, as executor of the last will and testament of Francis Low, late of Clinton. The opinion states the facts.
1Opinion of the CourtLibbey, J.
Francis Low, the appellant’s father, made his will July 1, 1871, by which, after providing for the maintenance •of his wife and giving her a legacy of five thousand dollars, he .gave to each of his four children a general legacy, and the rest, residue and remainder of his estate, if any, after payment of his •debts and the legacies, was given to his four children, or such of them as might survive him, and to the'legal representatives of ¡any deceased child, to be shared in equal portions.
August 2, 1879, the appellant, wishing to receive his share of his father’s estate in anticipation of his…
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