Minot v. Treasurer & Receiver General

Knowlton, O. J.

This case comes before us by reservation on an appeal from a decree of the Probate Court,* instructing the trustees that a succession tax is due upon certain property, referred to in a deed of trust † which conveyed the property to trustees who were to pay the income of it to Nancy Willing Wharton for her life, and on her death to convey it to such person or persons as she by her will, or by any instrument of appointment in the nature of a will, should devise or bequeath it to, or should order and appoint to receive it; and in default of such will or instrument of appointment,…