Nason v. Smalley
Supreme Court of Vermont
'The facts set .forth in the bill were, substantially, these. In February 1.91.0, Daniel Ryan died, possessed of a large real and personal estate, and leaving a widow, and two children, viz : William N. Ryan and Harriet Ryan.
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'The facts set .forth in the bill were, substantially, these. In February 1.91.0, Daniel Ryan died, possessed of a large real and personal estate, and leaving a widow, and two children, viz : William N. Ryan and Harriet Ryan. The said Daniel made his will, in which, after sundry specific legacies, he bequeathed the residue" of his- estate to the said William N. and Harriet in different proportions, and appointing the orator John Nason, together with David Edmond, and John Curtiss, both since, deceased, his executors. The will was duly proved, and the said John Nason, Edmund and Curtiss took…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered hy
Phelps, J.
This bill appears to have* been drawn with a twofold .purpose;, its object being, first to set aside or enjoin' perpetually the judgment at law upon the executors bond, and * in this aspect, is a controversy between the orators and the defendants Smalley and Hickock, who represent the devisees of Daniel Ryan ; and secondly, in case it fails in this object, to sub’ect the es*122tate"0f William Nason, which passed by devise to John Nason,. and from him to' the defendant Clark, to the payment of the debt or claim of the other defendant; and, in…
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