INDUSTRIAL NAT. BANK OF RHODE ISLAND v. Bennett

This is a petition for construction of the will of the late Mildred S. Bennett under G. L. 1956 (1969 Reenactment) §9-24-28. The matter was certified to this court as ready- for final judgment by- order of the Superior Court entered March 16, 1971. The testatrix died on June 14, 1969. ' Her husband, J. Bamford Bennett, had died on July 25, 1952.

Under his will, J. Bamford Bennett created a marital deduction trust with the income payable to his wife for her life a;nd with power of appointment in her over the re-' mainder. Mrs. Bennett specifically declined to exercise her power of appointment…