Dresser v. Dresser
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Suit in Equity. The bill is inserted in a writ of attachment, dated Sept. 20, 1858. It alleges that Frances A. Dresser, Julius A. Dresser and Horatio S. Dresser, three of the complainants, are children of Asa Dresser, late of Saco, deceased; the two latter being minors, and suing by their guardian; that Allen Haines, the other complainant, is administrator de bonis non, with the will annexed of the said Asa Dresser, and also a testamentary trustee under his will; that the…
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Suit in Equity. The bill is inserted in a writ of attachment, dated Sept. 20, 1858. It alleges that Frances A. Dresser, Julius A. Dresser and Horatio S. Dresser, three of the complainants, are children of Asa Dresser, late of Saco, deceased; the two latter being minors, and suing by their guardian; that Allen Haines, the other complainant, is administrator de bonis non, with the will annexed of the said Asa Dresser, and also a testamentary trustee under his will; that the testator, by his will dated January 14, 1854, after providing for debts and expenses of administration, and for an annuity…
1Opinion of the Court
*66The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Davis, J.
Asa Dresser, the father of the complainants, a few weeks before his death, delivered to the respondents a writing of which the following is a copy: —
“$10,000. “Saco, January 21, 1854.
“ Having confidence'in my brother John and his son J. W. Dresser, that they will take charge of a certain amount of property for safe keeping, consisting of city bonds or scrips, for the benefit of my children, when my youngest child is thirty years old, the amount may, with all the interest, be paid over to them in equal amounts. Said sum is now ten thousand. My…
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