Legal Opinion

Barney Ex Rel. Woodhull v. Saunders

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 23, 1854PublishedCited by 66 opinions

This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, holden. in and for the county of Washington. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Grier

The complainant, Mary E. Barney, is the only daughter of Edward DeKraft, who devised all his real estate and the residue of his personal estate to respondents, Saunders and Weightman, (together with Joseph Pearson, since dead,) on the following trusts: 1st. To permit the widow to enjoy during life or widowhood certain portions of the trust estate. 2. In trust to receive the rents, interest, dividends, &e., and to pay over quarterly to his widow, until his daughter Mary arrived at the age of 18, three fourths of the said rents and profits for the support and maintenance of herself and…

2Cited by66 opinions

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