Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co. v. Doolan

This is a suit in equity in which the petitioner, as it is trustee under the will of Cordelia H. Wheeler, seeks instructions as to the distribution of the trust estate held by it under the will of the testatrix. The case was heard by the judge upon an agreed statement of facts, and now comes before us on the appeal of the respondents Eudora M. Doolan and Jessie A. M. Lee from the decree entered by the judge.

The testatrix, Cordelia H. Wheeler, died on January 7, 1918, leaving a will dated July 26, 1902, and a codicil thereto dated November 16, 1912. These instruments were duly proved and…