Legal Opinion
Estate of Hinckley
Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco
Decided July 28, 1878No. 7036Published
1Opinion of the Court
Testator directed the executors to pay to E. B. Badger and two others $3,000 in trust, that they apply the principal and income for the benefit of James Campbell according to their discretion.
Testator died April 11, 1876, and James Campbell died August 21, 1876. Testator left him surviving heirs at law, who are still living.
E. B. Badger and others applied for the distribution to them of the $3,000 mentioned in the will, claiming that upon the death of testator the right to the legacy became vested, and the subsequent death of Campbell did not defeat the bequest.
By the Court:
The object and…
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- Phelps v. RobbinsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1873
- Youngs v. . YoungsNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
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