Porter v. Brown

Howéll, J.

This is an action to recover tho amount óf a Special legacy with interest.

In July,1846 William Porter died, leaving a will containing the clause on which this suit is founded and which is in the following words: “ It is my will that my executors ” (BroWñ and dialer, the, defendants). “ shall purchase from Benjamin Metoyer a certain'child, the Son of, a girl they call .Heine, provided the same can he purchased at a reasonable sum, and in case 'the purchase is effected, I give and bequeath unto it its freedom, with the.sum of one thousand dollars, which is to be put on interest in the…