OLD COLONY TRUST COMPANY v. McGOWAN


163 A.2d 538 (1960)

OLD COLONY TRUST COMPANY, Executor and Trustee under the Will of Edwin W. McGOWAN, v. Irma G. McGOWAN et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

June 1, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weeks, Hutchins & Frye, Waterville, for plaintiff.

Linnell, Perkins, Thompson, Hinckley & Thaxter, Portland, Ralph G. Boyd and William D. Weeks, Boston, Mass., Hutchinson, Pierce, Atwood & Allen, Verrill, Dana, Walker, Philbrick & Whitehouse, Portland, Sanford L. Fogg, Augusta, Arthur T. Schmidt, New York City, Hirshberg, Pettingill & Strong, Greenwich, Conn., for defendants.

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


WEBBER, Justice.

On report. The will of Edwin W. McGowan, who died on May 12, 1955, was duly admitted to probate and thereafter the widow, Irma G. McGowan, seasonably filed her waiver and elected to claim her statutory interest. The Old Colony Trust Company, having qualified as executor and trustee, seeks the aid of this Court in settling the interests of the parties who share the estate and in fixing the proportions of state and federal taxes to be borne by the respective...

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