Bryson v. Holbrook
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, against the executor of the will of William R. Holbrook, to recover the value of a legacy. The writ was dated November 14, 1892. The case was submitted to the Superior Court, and, after judgment for the defendant, to this court, on appeal, on agreed facts, which, so far as material to the point decided, appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtField, C. J.
This is an action for a legacy by one of the children of Mrs. William M. Walker. Mrs. Walker is one of the legatees named in the will of William Reed Holbrook. She died on March 31, 1881, leaving the plaintiff as one of her heirs. William Reed Holbrook died on February 12, 1886. Mrs. Walker was not a relative of Mr. Holbrook. The legacy to Mrs. Walker is in these words: “ I give and bequeath to Mrs. William M. Walker, widow of the late William M. Walker of Cincinnati, the sum of one thousand dollars unto her and heirs and assigns. . . . Mr. Ambrose M. Bryson of Cincinnati can be informed of…
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