Ferre v. American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
Supreme Court of Vermont
This cause was heard on the master’s report, the exceptions thereto, the bill, answer and traverse at the December Term, 1878. Pierpoint, Chancellor, made the following decretal order: On hearing, it is pro forma ordered that the exceptions filed by the defendant to the master’s report in this cause, be dismissed for insufficiency ; and that said report be accepted and confirmed.
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This cause was heard on the master’s report, the exceptions thereto, the bill, answer and traverse at the December Term, 1878. Pierpoint, Chancellor, made the following decretal order: On hearing, it is pro forma ordered that the exceptions filed by the defendant to the master’s report in this cause, be dismissed for insufficiency ; and that said report be accepted and confirmed. It is adjudged that there is now due to the orator upon the matters mentioned in said report, (including interest to this date), the sum of ; and it is ordered and decreed by said court that the orator recover of the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Ross, J.
A brief statement of the facts, and a history of the case, will aid in understanding the application of the legal principles governing the decision. The main questions arise on the following clause in the will of Peter Stickles, and what has been done thereunder:
“ I give and bequeath to my beloved wife, Miriam Stickles, after all my just debts are paid, all my personal property to be at her disposal, and also all my real property, the use of it during her natural life; provided, nevertheless, if the personal property, and the use of the real,…
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