Legal Opinion
Landon v. Bulkley
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 25, 1899No. 158PublishedCited by 7 opinions
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court, Southern district of New.York, which sustained demurrers to a bill in equity. The suit involved the disposition of a part of the estate left by Daniel B. Fayerweather.
1Per curiam
The decision of this court in Fayerweather v. Ritch (Jan. 5, 1899) 34 C. C. A. 61, 91 Fed. 721., is controlling of this appeal. It is sufficient to quote from the opinion.
“By whatever process of reasoning the result was reached, it is plain that, by the judgment of the state court, it has been determined that the fund now in controversy equitably vested in the various corporations made legatees by the ninth clause of the will, and did not, as to any part of it, belong to the complainants; and that determination was reached in an action between the same parties now present, brought to settle…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Fayerweather v. RitchCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1899
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