Court Opinion

ID: 9644837
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 21:06:11.169718+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:11:18.802466
License: Public Domain

Frost, J.,
dissenting. I am unable to concur in the opinion of the majority. In my opinion the intent of the tes*62tator Isaac Hale as expressed in his will dated December 29, 1887 is clear. It was his intention that the residue of his estate should be enjoyed by his daughter Ednah Baker Hale during her natural life or until her marriage; and that upon her death, she not having married, the residue should pass to certain grandchildren living at that time. Since the intent of the testator is clear, no construction of his will is required.
Gardner, Sawyer, Cottam & Gates, Robert B. Gates, James M. Sloan, III, for trustees.
Hibbard Richter, Boston, Mass., trustee and complainant, pro se.
Tillinghast, Collins & Tanner, William M. Sloan, for respondents Paul G. Richter and Hibbard Richter, Ex’rs, Thomas J. Hubbard, Ex’r, and Alice Hale.
Newton, Brodsky & Kiernan, Archibald B. Kenyon, Jr., for respondent Elizabeth G. Hale.
Haig Barsamian, Swan Messerlian, for respondent Theodora Gordon Hall.
Swan Messerlian, for respondent Helen G. Harrell.
I am of the opinion that a decree should be entered distributing one third of the estate now held by the trustees to Helen Gordon Harrell and Theodora Gordon Hall, daughters of the late Maria Hale Gordon; one third to Elizabeth G. Hale, daughter of the late Wendell P. Hale; and one third to Alice Hale and the estate of Philip J, Hale, deceased, both Alice and Philip being children of the late Jesse D. Hale.