Hillman v. Young
Oregon Supreme Court
From Washington: James U. Campbell, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Moore. This is a suit by Benjamin F. and Agnes B. Hillman, who are the children and only descendents of S. E. Hill-man, deceased, against J. P. Young, W. F. Jones, and the Bank of Sherwood, a corporation, to have two promissory notes, and the amount of another note which has been discharged, decreed to be the property of the estate of the decedent, and to be disposed of according to the terms of his last…
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From Washington: James U. Campbell, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Moore. This is a suit by Benjamin F. and Agnes B. Hillman, who are the children and only descendents of S. E. Hill-man, deceased, against J. P. Young, W. F. Jones, and the Bank of Sherwood, a corporation, to have two promissory notes, and the amount of another note which has been discharged, decreed to be the property of the estate of the decedent, and to be disposed of according to the terms of his last will. The cause, being at issue, was tried, resulting in a decree as prayed for in the complaint, and the defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Moore
It appears from a transcript of the evidence that on April 12, 1907, S. E. Hillman made his last will bequeathing to his stepsons, Irvin and William Yager, $1 each, to *77his stepdaughter, Grace Jones, wife of one of the defendants, one share of the capital stock of the defendant bank, devising and bequeathing to the plaintiffs the remainder of his property and nominating the defendant Jones executor. Hillman on July 29, 1907, suffered a paralytic stroke, which with subsequent attacks thereof seriously affected‘his physical condition. On December 10, 1908, he sold and conveyed his farm in…
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