PETITION OF LEWIS PIERCE


136 A.2d 510 (1957)

Petition of Lewis PIERCE, Adm'r, d.b.n.c.t.a. Estate Joseph How.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

October 17, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan W. Thompson, Portland, for Portland Marine Society.

Devine, Devine & John E. Bates, Portland, for Geo. How, Lena How and Edna Pettingill.

Daniel C. McDonald, Portland, for Seaman's Friend Society.

LeBlanc & Bullerwell, Westbrook, for Sailors Bethel Society.

Verrill, Dana, Walker, Philbrick & Whitehouse, Portland, for Maine Medical Center.

Barnett I. Shur, Portland, for City of Portland.

John W. Sturgis, Portland, for Lillian Sturgis, trustee.

Ralph W. Farris, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

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


DUBORD, Justice.

This case is before us upon petition of Lillian S. Sturgis, trustee under the will of Joseph How, asking for a new construction of the will and for instructions concerning the administering of the trust fund under the cy pres doctrine.

The administration of an estate is usually a prosaic procedure. However, the history of this case, throughout the eighty-seven years which have elapsed since the death of Joseph How, is most interesting and...

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