Bridge v. Bridge
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal, by Philinda Bridge, from a decree of tbe Probate Court, allowing the accounts of the surviving executor of the will of her husband, Abel E. Bridge. The will contained the following provisions, which alone are material: “ I give and bequeath to my wife Philinda four hundred dollars a year during her natural life if the income of my estate not herein bequeathed to her or to the payment of said debts and funeral expenses shall amount to that sum.
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Appeal, by Philinda Bridge, from a decree of tbe Probate Court, allowing the accounts of the surviving executor of the will of her husband, Abel E. Bridge. The will contained the following provisions, which alone are material: “ I give and bequeath to my wife Philinda four hundred dollars a year during her natural life if the income of my estate not herein bequeathed to her or to the payment of said debts and funeral expenses shall amount to that sum. “ I give and bequeath to my said wife Philinda the use of the house in which we now live to be occupied by her during her natural life unless…
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, J.
This is an appeal by the widow of Abel E. Bridge from a decree of the Probate Court allowing the accounts of her husband’s executor.
1. The first question arises under the following clause of the will: “ I give and bequeath to my wife Philihda four hundred dollars a year during her natural life if the income of my estate not herein bequeathed to her or to the payment of .said debts and funeral expenses shall amount to that sum.” The testator also gives her the use of his house for life, or, if she should desire to live elsewhere, requests his executor to furnish her a suitable house. She has…
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