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GRIGSON v. HARDING

144 A.2d 870 (1958)

William M. GRIGSON, Henry P. Johnson and Albert J. Stearns, Trustees Under the Will of Minne S. Stephens, v. Frank F. HARDING, Attorney General of the State of Maine, Milan Robert Bennett, Eva Hill, Leslie M. Barrows and Stephens Memorial Hospital Association.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

September 17, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hutchinson, Pierce, Atwood & Allen, Portland, for defendants.

R. T. Smith, So. Paris, for Milan Bennett.

Linnell & Choate, Auburn, for Eva Hill.

Robert T. Smith, So. Paris, for Stephens Memorial Library.

Frank Linnell, Auburn, for Leslie Barrows.

Ralph Farris, Augusta, for Frank F. Harding, Atty. Gen.

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

WEBBER, Justice.

On report. Plaintiff trustees bring this bill in equity seeking instructions and an interpretation of the will of the late Minne S. Stephens. It must be said at the outset that the will, although dispositive of a substantial estate, is so ineptly and inexpertly drawn and is couched in language so confusing and obscure that it tends effectively to conceal rather than to reveal what may have been the wish and intent of the testatrix.

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