Breck v. Barney

This is a bill in equity brought by the executor of the will of Luther Adams against one Clarence A. Barney, to compel the defendant as principal trustee under a declaration of trust to issue to the plaintiff as executor a certificate for one thousand seven hundred and fifty shares, for which the testator held a certificate at the time of his death. No objection was made at the argument before us to the transfer of seven hundred and fifty of the seventeen hundred and fifty shares, but the defendant contended that he should not be directed to make the transfer of the one thousand shares. The…