Bailey v. Meade

This is a petition for instructions by the trustees under the will of Emeline S. Jenkins whether a certain fund in their hands (which arose from an award for damages against a tenant for failure to make repairs required under a written lease) should be paid to the respondent Willard Pleis Smith, or to the respondent Charles J. Meade. Specifically stated, the question is, whether $1,412.14, less administration charges, should be paid to the respondent Meade, who is executor, legatee and devisee under the will of Helen I. Meade, a beneficiary under the will of Emeline S. Jenkins, or to Smith,…