Baker v. Converse

STOCKBRIDGE, J.—

By her will. Melissa Baker, after sundry bequests to relatives, made or endeavored to give numerous religious and charitable legacies. The present proceeding, instituted by the executors, is for the purpose of having a determination of the validity, vel non, of certain of these legacies. The issues involved in no way raise any question of testamentary capacity, but only the legal propositions incident to the proper construction of the will, and in respect to certain of them whether the attempted disposition of the testatrix is in conflict with established legal principles.

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