Hammond v. Putnam
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill nr equity, filed August 17,1872, by Gilbert Hammond and Levi L. Hammond, executors of the will of Levi Hammond, praying for instructions. The case, as it appeared from the bill and answers, on which it was reserved by Golt, J., for the determination of the full court, was as follows : Levi Hammond died July 17, 1871, leaving a will which was duly proved September 5,1871, and which, omitting the formal parts, was as follows : “ First.
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Bill nr equity, filed August 17,1872, by Gilbert Hammond and Levi L. Hammond, executors of the will of Levi Hammond, praying for instructions. The case, as it appeared from the bill and answers, on which it was reserved by Golt, J., for the determination of the full court, was as follows : Levi Hammond died July 17, 1871, leaving a will which was duly proved September 5,1871, and which, omitting the formal parts, was as follows : “ First. I give and bequeath to my beloved wife, Rachel Hammond, all my household furniture, my top carriage and harness, and I also give to my said wife the use of…
1Opinion of the CourtMoetojst, J.
This is a bill in the nature of a bill of inter-pleader, brought to obtain the directions of the court as to the distribution of the residue in the hands of the plaintiffs as the executors of the will of Levi Hammond. The clause of the will disposing of this residue is as follows: “And the remainder of my estate, after the payment of my just debts and funeral charges, and for a suitable and proper monument at my grave, I give and bequeath to my children, Gilbert Hammond, Levi L. Hammond, George Hammond, Aaron Hammond, Hannah D. Aldrich, wife of Dwight M. Aldrich, and Mary Jane Putnam, wife of…
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