LINNELL v. SMITH


137 A.2d 357 (1957)

William S. LINNELL et al., Trustees Under The Will of George F. Goodspeed, In Equity, v. Dorothy I. SMITH, Inez A. Goodspeed Davis, Frances Goodspeed Rubin and Elinor Goodspeed.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

December 5, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linnell, Perkins, Thompson, Hinckley & Thaxter, Portland, for plaintiff.

Verrill, Dana, Walker, Philbrick & Whitehouse, Portland, for Dorothy I. Smith.

Hutchinson, Pierce, Atwood & Allen, Portland, for Inez A. Goodspeed Davis et al.

Before WILLIAMSON, C.J., and WEBBER, BELIVEAU, TAPLEY, SULLIVAN and DUBORD, JJ.


WEBBER, Justice.

On report. This was a bill in equity brought by the Trustees named in the will of the late George F. Goodspeed seeking instructions as to the distribution of certain of the trust funds. The facts are not in dispute and are fully covered by the bill and answer.

The testator died in 1942, leaving a will dated January 29, 1934. Three codicils, the last dated June 24, 1942, have no bearing on the issues raised here, all of which stem from provisions...

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