Hopkins v. Colson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal, by Mary D. McLea, Willis A. Colson, and Marion E. Talcott, as guardian of Bessie and George Colson, from a decree of the Probate Court for Suffolk County allowing two accounts of George C. Leach as trustee under the will of Elizabeth P. Colson. The second account was rendered by Samuel B. Hopkins, executor of the will of George C. Leach.
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Appeal, by Mary D. McLea, Willis A. Colson, and Marion E. Talcott, as guardian of Bessie and George Colson, from a decree of the Probate Court for Suffolk County allowing two accounts of George C. Leach as trustee under the will of Elizabeth P. Colson. The second account was rendered by Samuel B. Hopkins, executor of the will of George C. Leach. In the Probate Court the case was referred to an auditor, who disallowed certain payments to Prudence Pray, a sister of the testatrix, and for her benefit and funeral expenses, amounting in the first account to $409.93, and in the second account to…
1Opinion of the CourtField, C. J.
The third article of the will of Mrs. Colson is as follows: “ Third. I will and direct that at my decease my executors pay to the Old Ladies’ Home in Boston a sum sufficient to secure a home for life to my sister, Prudence Pray. I also bequeath to her the sum of five dollars annually, to spend as she sees fit. And I further direct my executors to see that she is suitably clothed.”
It appears from the auditor’s report that, after the death of Mrs. Colson, Mr. Leach, the executor of the will, who was afterwards appointed trustee, made application “ for Miss Pray’s admission to the Old Ladies’…
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