Danforth v. Talbot's Administrator
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Error to the Washington Circuit. Chancery. Case 152. The will of Cyrus Talbott, the questions presented and decree of the Circuit Court. In the-conniuction of wills the gieat object isto femlo^Vf etho testator.
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Error to the Washington Circuit. Chancery. Case 152. The will of Cyrus Talbott, the questions presented and decree of the Circuit Court. In the-conniuction of wills the gieat object isto femlo^Vf etho testator. The tanguage used imnishes-an approfiár means of as. fn^^^-whhfh language is tobe understood according to the in-have received in judicial determinations on obvious" intenJhereby vMated8 The testator devised the lairrs on which he lived, &c. household and kitchen' immune, stock, &c. to the use and for the support of his wife Alice, for and during her natural' life — his daughter R. to…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Marshall
delivered tlie opinion of tlie Court.
By the will of Cyrus Talbot, admitted to record in September, 1833, the testator, intimating clearly the intention to dispose of his entire estate, devised to Paul I. Booker all the estate he might die possessed of, in trust and to be subjeet to the dispositions made in the will, as follows: By article 2, $5,000 or one fourth part of the money, &c., to be invested in stock, &c., and the interest as it accrues, to be paid to testator’s daughter, Ann Richmond, during life, and then at her death to her children ; but should she not intermarry and have issue,…
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