King v. Talbot
New York Supreme Court
HABLES W. KING, the defendants’ testator, died September 26, 1845, leaving surviving Charlotte E. King, his widow, and three children, the plaintiff, aged five years and five months, William, Vernon, and Arthur.
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HABLES W. KING, the defendants’ testator, died September 26, 1845, leaving surviving Charlotte E. King, his widow, and three children, the plaintiff, aged five years and five months, William, Vernon, and Arthur. By his will, made at Macoa, China, August 8, 1845, the testator gave to each of his three children “ the sum of $15,000, the interest on the same, so far as required, to be applied to their maintenance and education, and the principal,- with the accumulations thereon, to be paid to them severally on their majority.” He appointed five executors, “ entrusting to their discretion the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Sutherland, J.
The thirteenth and fourteenth findings of fact appear to be authorized by the evidence, and being so, I cannot doubt that the first conclusion of law is correct. Indeed, in the case of Anna Henrietta King, the defendants do not appear to question the correctness of either of these findings of fact, or of the first conclusion of law.
The eighth finding of fact, to the effect that the stocks and bonds in which the investments were made, were in good repute, and were considered safe and desirable investments, and that the investments were made in good faith, the…
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