Taylor v. Drury

MARTIN, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a decree of the lower court construing an item in the last will of Margaret Boyd Dawson, deceased.

It appears that- on June 9, 1896, Mrs. Dawson executed and delivered her promissory note to her daughter, Clara D. Taylor, payable in the sum of $1,000, 12 months after date, with interest. In order to secure the payment of the note, Mrs. Dawson conveyed certain real estate, situate within the District of Columbia, to certain trustees in trust, to sell the property and apply the proceeds to the payment of the note in ease of default. Mrs. Dawson never…