Bailey v. Hawkins

After the above opinion was announced, a petition for a reargument was filed and heard.

Matteson, C. J.

After our former opinion in this suit had been announced, counsel for the residuary legatees and devisees asked for a reconsideration of the question whether Nicholas Brown took a vested interest in the fund of twenty thousand dollars and its accumulations, or only in the income thereof during his life.

The clause creating the bequest, after setting apart the fund of twenty thousand dollars from the property given to the trustees and giving directions in relation to its investment, declares…