Cummings v. Stearns
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed January 9,1894, by the administrator de bonis non with the will annexed of the estate of William Bramhall, to obtain the instructions of the court as to the construction of the will.* At the request of the parties, the case was reserved on the pleadings, by Knowlton, J., for the consideration of the full court.
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
By the codicil of the will of William Bramhall, his son, Robert Bramhall, who died on December 3, 1892, unmarried and without issue, became entitled for life to a share of the income of the trust fund created by the seventh clause of the will, and the eighth clause became applicable to him as if his name had been written therein. Cummings v. Bramhall, 120 Mass. 552. This clause is as follows: “ Upon the decease of any of my said children, William T, Thomas M., Eliza S., and Maria S., I give, devise, and bequeath that portion of my estate of which the income is above given to him or her for…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Dunn v. SargentMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
- Cummings v. BramhallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
- Merriam v. SimondsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
- Loring v. CarnesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
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- Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. StrattonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927
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- Kennedy, Admr. v. Rutter, Admr.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1939
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