Wilson v. Snow
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. John H. A. Wilson, of Washington County, District of Columbia, by his will, probated March 20, 1858, after providing for the payment of his debts, devised all of his property, real and personal, to his wife, Adelaide Wilson, during her life of widowhood for the support of herself and his five minor children.
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ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. John H. A. Wilson, of Washington County, District of Columbia, by his will, probated March 20, 1858, after providing for the payment of his debts, devised all of his property, real and personal, to his wife, Adelaide Wilson, during her life of widowhood for the support of herself and his five minor children. In case of her death or marriage the property was bequeathed to the testator’s brother, Thomas O. Wilson, in trust for the use of the children. “And I ‘ authorize and empower my said brother to exercise his own judgment and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lamar
The plaintiffs, in this action of ejectment, claimed under the will of their father, John H. A. Wilson. The defendant, Charles Snow, claims under a deed executed in 1865 by Adelaide Wilson, the nominated executrix. On the trial there was proof that the will had been probated in 1858, but no record evidence that the executrix had ever taken the oath of office and qualified as such. After showing the loss of certain books and the negligent manner in which the probate office was conducted from 1855 to 1861, the defendant insisted that the recital that the deed had been executed under the power…
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