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GANNETT v. OLD COLONY TRUST CO.

153 A.2d 122 (1959)

John H. GANNETT et al. v. OLD COLONY TRUST CO., Trustee, et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

June 23, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanborn & Sanborn, Augusta, for plaintiffs.

Bingham, Dana & Gould, Boston, Mass., John E. Willey, Portland, Brooks Brown, Jr., Augusta, for defendants.

Before WILLIAMSON, C.J., and WEBBER, TAPLEY, DUBORD and SIDDALL, JJ.

WEBBER, Justice.

On report. Plaintiffs seek interpretation of the will of the late Guy P. Gannett, and specifically that portion of the will which reads as follows:

"The trust shall end upon the death of the last of Jean, John and Madeleine Jean and the trustees shall pay over the principal of the trust at that time by right of representation to my issue then living." (Emphasis ours.)

The problem arises from the fact that whereas Jean is the...

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