ESTATE OF RUSSELL


521 A.2d 677 (1987)

ESTATE OF Helen Gladys RUSSELL. Christine R. LEAVITT v. Beverly Ann MINGO.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided February 23, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linscott, Badger & Slater, Michael L. Rair (orally), Willard H. Linscott, Bangor, for plaintiff.

Rush & Beaupain, Dean A. Beaupain (orally), Millinocket, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and NICHOLS, GLASSMAN, SCOLNIK and CLIFFORD, JJ.


GLASSMAN, Justice.

Christine Leavitt, the residuary legatee under the will of Helen Gladys Russell, appeals from the judgment of the Penobscot County Probate Court ordering distribution of 1,527 shares in the Putnam High Yield Trust to Beverly Ann Mingo. Leavitt contends that 610 of the shares were acquired after the will was executed and properly are part of the residuary estate. Because the will was properly construed to devise all 1,527 shares to Mingo, we affirm...

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