Lycan v. Miller

— As this is an action in equity brought by the beneficiary, Mary C. Lycan, against the defendant trustees, we will briefly state the facts as •developed by the evidence, before proceeding to the consideration of the alleged errors complained of by the plaintiffs, who prosecute this appeal.

Eliza J. Grigsby, who died in November, 1886, by her will appointed the defendants her executors, and vested in them her real and personal estate, to be held and managed by them after the payment of her debts in trust for her only child Mary, who is the present plaintiff. The instrument directed that the…