Kendall v. Gleason
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, brought by the trustees under the will of Benjamin W. Gleason for instructions, as to the disposition of a fund. The case was reserved by Devens, J. for the consideration of the full court, and was as follows. The will of Benjamin W. Gleason, who died on January 19, 1884, contained the following provisions which alone are material: “ Seventh.
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Bill in equity, brought by the trustees under the will of Benjamin W. Gleason for instructions, as to the disposition of a fund. The case was reserved by Devens, J. for the consideration of the full court, and was as follows. The will of Benjamin W. Gleason, who died on January 19, 1884, contained the following provisions which alone are material: “ Seventh. I give, devise, and bequeath to my trustees, Joseph S. Kendall and William A. Tower aforesaid, all my real estate, of which I may die seised and possessed, of every description, and wherever situated, including all my manufacturing…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
By the seventh clause of the will of Benja- . min W. Gleason, the trustees, to whom all his real estate was devised, were to permit his three sons, Charles W., Stillman A., and Alfred D., to occupy and improve his manufacturing property, machinery, and water power, for their joint benefit, so long as they might desire, upon certain conditions therein stated, one of which was that they should be subject to no charge for rent. The last part of the clause is as follows: “ It is my request that my said sons shall occupy and improve the factory property and real estate of which I may die seised…
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