Reid v. Dodge
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by t-be plaintiff from a decree of the Supreme Court of tbe District of Columbia, sitting as an equity court, in a suit for an accounting and for a decree compelling the defendant trustees under a will to pay interest on a legacy from the date of the death of the testator. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Hr. Justice Stafford,
of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, who sat with the Court in the hearing and determination of the appeal in place of Mr. Chief Justice Shepard, delivered the opinion of the court :
This is a bill in equity brought by a legatee against Harriet *560D. Dodge and Samuel J. Bradford, executors acting as trustees under a will, for an accounting; and especially to have them ordered to pay interest or income on the amount of the legacy during the year immediately following the death of the testator. The case was heard upon bill, answer, and testimony in open court., A…
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