Tallon v. Tallon

The substance of the amended declaration, so far as material to the question of law raised by the demurrer, is as follows. Joseph P. Tallón died in the year 1864, testate. By his will he gave the income of the residue of his property, which was about $10,000, to his mother, Ellen Tallón, for her life, and on her death the principal to his two brothers, James H. and Thomas A. Tallón, and his two sisters, Ellen and Margaret, in equal shares. Margaret is the plaintiff in the present action; and was entitled under the will to one quarter of the property *314after the death of the mother. The…