Owen v. Reed
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL FROM ClirCOT CIRCUIT COURT. Hon. Henry Ik Morse, Circuit Judge. Tlie charges made upon the estate by the will, made the estate equitable assets to be administered in a court of equity. Silk vs. Prime, 2 Ijead.
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APPEAL FROM ClirCOT CIRCUIT COURT. Hon. Henry Ik Morse, Circuit Judge. Tlie charges made upon the estate by the will, made the estate equitable assets to be administered in a court of equity. Silk vs. Prime, 2 Ijead. Cases Eq., part 1, top page 212, et seq. and notes; Note, Booth vs. Blundell (top page, 213); Merival, 232; S. G 19. . The-estate being kept together for a certain time to be worked for the benefit of all, charges it with equal burdens, upon the principle of contribution. Adams’ Eq., 207; 1 Story Eq., 64; and so far as the absolute legacies are postponed, it matters not, as they…
1Opinion of the CourtGregg, J.
On the 9th of November, 1869, the appellant, on behalf of himself and other creditors, filed his bill in the Chicot Circuit Court, in which he alleged that on the 8th of July, 1859, George Need, the husband of said Susan, and the father of George Need, Jr., and two other minors, defendants in this suit, departed this life, leaving a will, duly executed, in which he had provided that his estate, in said county, should remain in the possession and under the control of said Susan, and that she should receive the rents and profits thereof, for the support of herself and family and the payment of…
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