OLD COLONY TRUST CO. v. SWIFT


331 Mass. 755 (1954)

122 N.E.2d 757

OLD COLONY TRUST COMPANY, executor, vs. GLADYS G. SWIFT & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

December 1, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Finley H. Perry, for the petitioner.

Warren M. Swift, for the respondents.

Present: QUA, C.J., LUMMUS, WILKINS, SPALDING, & WILLIAMS, JJ.


SPALDING, J.

John G. Williams, hereinafter called the testator, died on April 22, 1948, and his will was allowed on May 21, 1948. The Old Colony Trust Company was appointed executor. The testator was survived by his wife, Sophia E. Williams, hereinafter sometimes called the life beneficiary, who is still living. Under paragraphs A, B, C, and D of article First of the will the testator bequeathed to his wife certain tangible personal property, which consisted of a...

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