Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1876

Burrage v. Briggs

Burrage v. Briggs
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided March 27, 1876
120 Mass. 103; 1876 Mass. LEXIS 124

Burrage v. Briggs

Opinion of the Court

By the Court.

The residuary bequest was to Enos Briggs absolutely, and by his death, without issue, lapsed and went to the adopted child of the testatrix. Sohier v. Inches, 12 Gray, 385. Kimball v. Story, 108 Mass. 382. Sewall v. Roberts, 115 Mass. 262. St. 1871, c. 310, § 8. Decree accordingly.

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