Stinson v. Stinson
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Appeal from a decree of the Judge of Probate, allowing the appellee, as the widow of one James Stinson, §2300, from his personal estate. The facts in the case were agreed. James Stinson, being the owner of certain real estate, on Jan. 21, 1853, leased a portion of it, under seal, for the term of ten years, the rent thereof to be §3200, payable yearly, in payments of §320, the first .payment to be made Aug. 1, 1853. In March of that year the lessor died.
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Appeal from a decree of the Judge of Probate, allowing the appellee, as the widow of one James Stinson, §2300, from his personal estate. The facts in the case were agreed. James Stinson, being the owner of certain real estate, on Jan. 21, 1853, leased a portion of it, under seal, for the term of ten years, the rent thereof to be §3200, payable yearly, in payments of §320, the first .payment to be made Aug. 1, 1853. In March of that year the lessor died. His personal estate, as inventoried, was valued at §3105. Among these items was the above lease, appraised at §2048. The appellee is the…
1Opinion of the CourtAppleton, J.
— It appears in this case that James Stinson, on January 21, 1853, leased to John W. Yeazie, the shore of his farm for the term of ten years at an annual rent of three hundred and twenty dollars, payable on the first 'day of August of each year; that he deceased the March 'following the date of the lease; that the appellee, his widow, was duly appointed administratrix; that the lease and the income'therefrom was inventoried as personal property, and as such formed a part of the allowance made to the widow.
The question presented for determination is, whether or not the forthcoming rents belong…
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