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106 Mass. 109

Walker v. Beal

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided November 15, 1870

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1870-11-15

Bill in equity filed June 18,1870, against the trustees under and executors of the will of William J. Walker, to compel them to pay over to the plaintiff a bequest to which he alleged he was entitled under the will.

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Decided 1870-11-15

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By the Court.

¶1Upon a consideration of all the provisions of this somewhat obscure will, it is the opinion of a majority of the court that the intent of the testator was, that, upon the children of his son Joseph respectively attaining their majority, the principal of the proportional share of each child in the trust fund mentioned in the fifth article of the will should be paid and dis - tributed to the child so coming of age ; and not that the whole distribution of this fund should, as in the case of the real estate devised by the eighth article, be postponed until the youngest of said children should arrive at the age of twenty-one years.

¶2Decree for the plaintiff accordingly.

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