Caulkins v. Gas-Light Co.
Tennessee Supreme Court
Appeal from Chancery Court of Shelby County. W. W. McDowell, Ch.
1Opinion of the CourtFolkes, J.
This suit, as it is now' presented, involves the question as to the right of complainants to recover from the defendants, Gas-light Company and others, the value of seven thousand dollars of stock in said company, which it is claimed the company has negligently and wrongfully aided in the transfer of.
The facts necessary to a proper understanding of the case are as follows:
Mrs. Margaret A- Higgs, who was then a resident of Pennsylvania, died in 1866, leaving a will, which w'as duly probated. After certain specific bequests, there follows the seventh clause, in which *685she provides that “all the…
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