Treat v. Stanton
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Amos Treat, as executor of Dolly Stanton, against John Stanton, executor of Adam Stanton, to recover certain moneys which the defendant’s testator had received from the plaintiff.
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This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Amos Treat, as executor of Dolly Stanton, against John Stanton, executor of Adam Stanton, to recover certain moneys which the defendant’s testator had received from the plaintiff. The cause was tried at Brooklyn, October term, 1840, be. fore Church, J. In July, 1816, Dolly Stanton made her will, containing the following provisions: “ I give and bequeath unto my nieces, Rebecca Stanton, Mary Stanton, Phebe Stanton, Eunice Stanton, and Anne Stanton, daughters of my brother, George Stanton, the sum of 400 dollars to each of them; and in case of the…
1Opinion of the CourtStorrs, J.
Dolly Stanton, the plaintiff’s testator, having, by her last will, among other bequests, given to five of her neices the sum of four hundred dollars each, to be paid to them when they should arrive at full age, with a proviso, that in case either of them died without heirs, her share should be divided among the survivors, and that the sum of one hundred dollars out of each of said legacies should be expended, at the discretion of her executor, in the nurture and education of said neices, if, in his opinion, necessary, with power to said executor to invest said sum in stocks, or loan the same…
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