Keatley v. United States Trust Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. Action at law by Harry Wronkow Keatley against the United States Trust Company and Morgan J. O’Brien, as executors of the will of Herman Wronkow. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit by Harry Wronkow Keatley against the executors of the last will and testament of Herman Wronkow, deceased, to recover the sum of $10,000, with interest from November 30, 1911. November 30, 1910, Wronkow died, leaving a large estate. April 25, 1894, he executed the following instrument and delivered it to Lydia Keatley, the plaintiff’s mother, on or about April 30:
“Whereas, Mrs. Lydia Keatley, the wife of John Keatley, of Marshaltown, Iowa, has been and is a friend to me, and has in many ways befriended me, for which 1 wish and hereby agree to repay her for…
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