Sherburne v. Goodwin
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
This was a bill in equity, brought by the residuary legatees of William Badger, or their representatives, to recover a sum of money belonging to that estate, and loaned by the defendant Codes, one of the executors, to the firm of Goodwin & Coues. The hearing was had upon the bill, answer and proofs, together with the report of a master, appointed to state the facts. The bill, answer, and the master’s report sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtBellows, J.
The bill charges, substantially, that by the will of William Badger the sum of §1,000 was directed to be invested by his executors — one of whom is the defendant Coues, the other having long since deceased — and the income paid to Frances Fernald during her life, at her decease the same to go to his residuary legatees, the children of his son William and daughter Hepsabeth, who are represented by these plaintiffs; that after the death of the other executor, Joseph Sherburne, the said Coues took into his own possession said §1,000, and put it into the hands and custody of the firm of Goodwin &…
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- Holbrook v. BlodgetSupreme Court of Vermont · 1833
- Blackmer v. Estate of WrightSupreme Court of Vermont · 1840
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