Russell v. Finney

The questions involved in this case grow out of the proper construction of the will of John C. House, deceased, late of Rutherford county, and substantially the following-state of facts in connection with the. estate of said House. He died in the spring of 1855, leaving a will which was duly proven, and part of the executors therein appointed entered 'upon the duties of their office, one of them, perhaps, declining to do so. He left Mrs. Russell, the complainant, his widow, who, in 1865, intermarried with her co-complainant, Russell. He also left surviving him three children, all daughters,…