Hagez v. State

On report. This is a bill in equity for the construction of the will of Perley A. Swasey. The case was heard on bill as amended, answers, replication and proof, and was reported upon so much of the evidence as is legally admissible. The complainants are Florence A. Swasey, widow of the testator, a beneficiary and co-executor under the will, and Perley A. Swasey, Jr., the only son of the testator and a beneficiary. The respondents are: Clark D. Chapman, co-executor under the will, Good Will Home Association and The Imperial Council of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America, beneficiaries, sometimes called "the charities," and the First Portland National Bank and William H. Payne, Jr., co-trustees under the will. All parties interested in the estate are before the court.