Reynolds v. Jones
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Probate Appeal, from the allowance of the account of Mary Jane Reynolds,.executrix of the will of Hamilton Reynolds, filed by her executor, Herbert J. Jones.
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Probate Appeal, from the allowance of the account of Mary Jane Reynolds,.executrix of the will of Hamilton Reynolds, filed by her executor, Herbert J. Jones. Transferred from the March term, 1915, of the superior court, by Sawyer, J. Hamilton Reynolds died February 18,1909, Mary Jane, his widow, died March 26, 1914. The inventory of Hamilton’s estate showed personal property appraised at $6.50 and real estate at $1,350. The inventory of Mary Jane’s estate was as follows: Household furniture $424, live stock $100, farming tools and utensils $50, and real estate $2,000 — in all $2,574. Willis…
1Opinion of the CourtPlummer, J.
If Hamilton’s will required his wife to sell and use her own property for her support before selling and using his, then the 8500 obtained from the sale of his interest in the bank stock should not be allowed on her account; for at the time of the sale she was possessed of her homestead, inventoried after her death three years later at $2,000, and also sprout land valued at something more than $500. The exception to the allowance of the $500 on the account therefore brings before us for interpretation the following sentence in Hamilton’s will: “If at any time her property, including the…
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- Wynehamer v. . the PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1856
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