Bowditch v. Soltyk

This is a bill in equity by the executors and trustees under the will of Edward V. Childe, of Boston, to obtain the directions of the court as to the construction and effect of the first clause in his will, by which he directs them “ to raise the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand francs, money of France, and to apply the same to the fulfilment of a certain marriage contract,” made in 1853 at Geneva in Switzerland between his daughter and Count Soltyk of Poland, and signed by them and also by Mr. Childe and his wife.

The original marriage contract has not been submitted to us. But,…