Cagney v. O'Brien

This controversy originated in the county court of Cook county. The executors named in the last will and testament of Cornelius Cagney, deceased, presented their account, for final settlement, before the county court, crediting themselves with the sum of five hundred dollars, claiming the same as a specific legacy to them, under and by virtue of this clause in the will of the deceased: “ 1?oitrth, I give and bequeath to John Cagney and James Sullivan, the executors hereinafter named, the sum of five hundred dollars ($500), to be used and disposed of by them according to verbal instructions…