Taylor v. Benham
Supreme Court of the United States
These cases were twice before partially brought to the notice of the court, and are reported in 1 How. 282, and 2 How. 395. They were cross appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Alabama, sitting as a court of equity.
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These cases were twice before partially brought to the notice of the court, and are reported in 1 How. 282, and 2 How. 395. They were cross appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Alabama, sitting as a court of equity. The bill was originally filed by Samuel Taylor, the father of William, George, Eliza, and Elspet, • together with his nephews, William Rainey,, Alexander Rainey, and his niece, Elizabeth Rainey, against George ,M. Savage, executor of Samuel Savage, deceased. The object of the bill was to hold the estate of Samuel Savage responsible for…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woodbury
The original proceeding in this case was a bill in equity. The complainants are heirs and devisees of William F. Taylor, being aliens and resident in Scotland. He was a naturalized citizen of South Carolina. The respondent was George M. Savage of Alabama,.prosecuted there as executor of Samuel Savage.of that State. The claim set up in the bill was, that William F. Taylor, before his death in A. D. 1811, made a will, devising the residue of his estate, after the payment of a few legacies, to the complainants, directing all his property to be first sold and converted into money, and malting the…
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