SCRIBNER v. BERRY


489 A.2d 8 (1985)

Fred C. SCRIBNER, Jr., et al. v. Charles William BERRY, III, et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided March 15, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pierce, Atwood, Scribner, Allen, Smith & Lancaster, Fred C. Scribner, Jr., Christopher E. Howard, Portland, for F.C. Scribner, and Maine National Bank.

Richardson, Tyler & Trough Ellen A. Gorman, Edwin A. Heisler, Eve H. Cimmet (orally), Portland, for Berrys.

Jensen, Baird, Gardner & Henry, Merton G. Henry, Brian C. Shaw (orally), Portland, for Richardses and McClary.

Before ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN and SCOLNIK, JJ., and DUFRESNE and WERNICK, A.R.JJ.


ROBERTS, Justice.

A petition for the construction of the will of Charles William Berry is before us on report from the Cumberland County Probate Court pursuant to M.R.Prob.P. 72. Fred C. Scribner, Jr., and Maine National Bank are co-trustees under the testator's will and were the petitioners in Probate Court. The appellants are the testator's adoptive grandson, Charles William Berry, III, and Charles III's son, Christian Berry. The appellees are the testator's daughters...

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