Pray v. Belt
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL from the Circuit Court of.the United States for the District of South Carolina. /The .appellees, oomplaiiiants in the.Court below, on behalf of Jane Heath, the wife of James P. 'Heath,' and of her children, filed a bill ■ in/the Chancery side, of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina, .against Ann Pray, executrix,' J. J.-Maxwell, and George Waters, executors of the last will of John Pray deceased, for the recovery of a legacy to-…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court of.the United States for the District of South Carolina. /The .appellees, oomplaiiiants in the.Court below, on behalf of Jane Heath, the wife of James P. 'Heath,' and of her children, filed a bill ■ in/the Chancery side, of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina, .against Ann Pray, executrix,' J. J.-Maxwell, and George Waters, executors of the last will of John Pray deceased, for the recovery of a legacy to- which Jane Heath was entitled under the will. The clauses of the will of John Pray, brought under the notice and…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Maushall
delivered the opinion of the Court.-*-'
This suit was brought in the Circuit Court for the district of Georgia,.by. George G. Belt, the trustee for Jane Heath and her children, who are infants, and by James P. Heath, husband of the said J'ane, and father of her children, against the executors of John Pray, deceased, and Ann Pray, his widow, to.recover a legacy bequeathed to them and others, by the said John Pray-.
The executors resist the demand, on the principle that the bonds for which the suit is instituted, were required to pay the debts and legacies due. from the testator, and to raise the…
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