IN RE EDWARDS' ESTATE


210 A.2d 17 (1965)

In re EDWARDS' ESTATE. Joan ST. CLAIR and John O. St. Clair, Jr. v. Decision of Judge of Probate ESTATE of Susan G. EDWARDS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

May 7, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Aldrich, South Paris, for residuary legatees.

William E. McCarthy, Rumford, for appellants.

Neil L. Dow, Norway, Guardian Ad Litem for unknown heirs.

Rupert F. Aldrich, South Paris, for executors.

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


WILLIAMSON, Chief Justice.

This appeal from the decree of the Oxford Probate Court construing the will of Susan G. Edwards comes directly to the Law Court by agreement of the parties on an agreed statement of facts. R.S. c. 153, § 32 (now 4 M.R.S.A. § 401).

The issues raised by the petition of the executors seeking instructions for the distribution of the residue are: first, whether the residue was a class...

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