Turnbull v. Whitmore
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Probate Court for the County of Suffolk on July 29, 1913, by the trustee under the will of Charles O. Whitmore, late of Boston, for instructions. It appeared that the property placed in the hands of the plaintiff in trust was a fund of $100,000, and “all of the shares in the capital stock of the Lexington Buildings Association of which I shall die possessed.”
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Bill in equity, filed in the Probate Court for the County of Suffolk on July 29, 1913, by the trustee under the will of Charles O. Whitmore, late of Boston, for instructions. It appeared that the property placed in the hands of the plaintiff in trust was a fund of $100,000, and “all of the shares in the capital stock of the Lexington Buildings Association of which I shall die possessed.” The first clause, mentioned in the third paragraph from the end of the opinion, immediately followed the paragraph first quoted in the opinion and was as follows: “I direct my said trustees to pay in…
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
This is a bill for instructions brought by the trustees under the will of Charles O. Whitmore. The will is dated March 15, 1879. The testator died on November 15, 1885; he was twice married; his first wife died in 1849, his second wife survived him and died in 1898. The testator’s children were all by his first wife. The only child now living is Mrs. Anna L. Van Rensselaer; she is a widow, without issue, and seventy-four years of age. The grandchildren of the testator are the children of his two sons: Charles E. Whitmore, son of William H. Whit-more; and Sarah O. M. Whitall, Mary I. P. Brown…
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