IN RE MERRIAM


241 A.2d 602 (1968)

In re Wilson L. MERRIAM, Appellant from decree of Judge of Probate. In re Jane T. CROUSE, Appellant from decree of Judge of Probate.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

May 7, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Nichols, Camden, for Wilson L. Merriam.

Galen P. LaGassey, Rockland, for Jane T. Crouse.

Christy C. Adams, Curtis M. Payson, Rockland, Nathaniel M. Haskell, Portland, for Bernard A. Ripley.

Before WILLIAMSON, C. J., and WEBBER, TAPLEY, MARDEN, DUFRESNE and WEATHERBEE, JJ.


WEATHERBEE, Justice.

On appeal.

The will of the late Ernest B. Thompson (who died August 11, 1958) left the residue of his estate in trust for the benefit of "my wife, Louena B. Thompson" for her life and at her death the trust was to terminate and what remained was to go to "my nephew, James B. Swartz".

James B. Swartz, who was not Mr. Thompson's nephew but was the nephew of a dead first wife of Mr. Thompson, predeceased Ernest B. Thompson. When Louena...

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