Lynde v. Davenport
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from the decision of commissioners on the estate of Roxana J. Davenport. Heard by the court, September Term, 1883, Rowell, J., presiding. Judgment for the claimant for the sum of $5,407.74. The appeal was taken by Chas.
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Appeal from the decision of commissioners on the estate of Roxana J. Davenport. Heard by the court, September Term, 1883, Rowell, J., presiding. Judgment for the claimant for the sum of $5,407.74. The appeal was taken by Chas. H. Davenport, administrator on the estate of Roxana J. Davenport, deceased, and entered at the March Term, 1883; and at the same term counsel for the claimant, administrator of the estate of Mabel R. Bowker, applied to the court and moved for the appointment of a commissioner under sec. 989, R. L„, to make examination and report to the court. Before the commissioner the…
1Opinion of the Court
*600The opinion of the court was delivered by
Taut, J.
During the life-time of Roxana J. Davenport she was the wife of Charles N. Davenport, since deceased. Mabel R., the plaintiff’s intestate, was an adopted daughter of Roxana J., and contemplating marriage with Edgar W. Bowker, a contract, creating a trust, was entered into, signed by the four persons named, Roxana J. being made trustee to hold the sum of $4,600 for the benefit of Mabel R., and any issue she might have. The fund was the property of Mabel, then subject to her absolute control. Chas. N. Davenport signed the contract, that it might…
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