Loring v. Coolidge
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity by the trustee under the will of Sarah G. Coolidge, who died in 1861, to obtain the instructions of the court as to the disposal of the trust fund after the death in 1865 of the brother of the testatrix. The case was reserved by Foster, J., on the bill and answers, for the determination of the full court, and is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtWells, J.
The terms of the will are: “ I give the improvement of the balance of my property in trust to ” a trustee named, “ the income to be paid equally to my brother ” “ and my sister” “ during their natural lives, and at their death the principal I give to my nephews and nieces then surviving.” The brother having deceased, the nephews and nieces claim that the estate should be divided, and one half now distributed. They contend that the direction that the income be paid equally to the brother and sister has a distributive effect upon the whole clause, and operates to transmit the property in halves…
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