Higgins v. Eaton
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York
In Equity. Suit by Susan C. Higgins against Hervey E. Eaton, as executor of the estate of Elizabeth S. Eaton. This is an action tried before the court and brought by the plaintiff, Susan C. Higgins, to recover or have it determined that she is entitled to recover and receive from the estate of Elizabeth S. Eaton, deceased, the sum of $100 per month for and during the term of her natural life, provided, etc., as a legacy or bequest given her by the last will and testament of…
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In Equity. Suit by Susan C. Higgins against Hervey E. Eaton, as executor of the estate of Elizabeth S. Eaton. This is an action tried before the court and brought by the plaintiff, Susan C. Higgins, to recover or have it determined that she is entitled to recover and receive from the estate of Elizabeth S. Eaton, deceased, the sum of $100 per month for and during the term of her natural life, provided, etc., as a legacy or bequest given her by the last will and testament of said Elizabeth S. Eaton, and to which she claims she is entitled. The defendant denies that she is entitled to such…
1Opinion of the CourtRay, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). Elizabeth S. Eaton, the testatrix, died at Ann Arbor, Washtenaw county, state of Michigan, of which state she was a resident and a citizen both at the time of the making of her last will and testament and alleged codicil thereto, and at the time of her death on the 17th day of May, 1906. She left her surviving two brothers, Edward Storms and George Albert Storms, and four sisters, Susan C. Higgins, the complainant, Genevieve S. Jacobs, Eeah S. Kersey, and Pamelia S. Dickinson, and also a niece Eizzie Rusher, the only child ot a predeceased sister. Said…
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