Wheelock v. Pierce
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Jambs H. Wheelock, a native citizen of the United States, but resident and domiciled at Tahiti, in the Society Islands, died there leaving a will, executed on the 18th of March, 1846, which was a valid instrument according to the laws and usages of the place where it was made.
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Jambs H. Wheelock, a native citizen of the United States, but resident and domiciled at Tahiti, in the Society Islands, died there leaving a will, executed on the 18th of March, 1846, which was a valid instrument according to the laws and usages of the place where it was made. By this will, after making certain bequests to his children, and providing for the payment of his debts, he left all the residue of his estate to his father, the plaintiff in this action, and appointed Edward L. Gray and Adam Darling his executors. The executors administered upon the estate at Tahiti, and after payment…
1Opinion of the CourtShaw, C. J.
The suit commenced by Bayley, Poor, and Richardson, against Gray, in which the defendant was sum*291moned as trustee, having been discontinued by the consent of all the parties, this case stands as if no suit had been com« menced.
The case then is this; the defendant received from Darling and Gray, residing at Tahiti, a bill of exchange, with directions to sell it, and from the proceeds to pay the plaintiff a certain sum. He received and collected the bill, and gave notice thereof to the plaintiff. The authority and direction of Darling and Gray, to pay the money when collected to the plaintiff,…
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