Branch v. Holcraft

One Kirk died testate. This is a controversy between the guardian of his minor children, and the executor of the will under which they are residuary legatees, as to the possession and management of the legacy due them under the said will/during their minority.

The petition of the guardiap shows that the debts and specific legacies, and amount due the widow, have all been paid, the claims due the estate collected, &c.; that the assets amount to a large sum, consisting of cash notes and stock in a corporation; that the same is susceptible of distribution, and avers that it would be to the…