Wren v. Hynes' administrator
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 27 — APPEAL PROM NELSON CIRCUIT COURT. cited 25 Wend., 131, 139; Rev. Stat., 280; 12 B. Mon., 518; Jarman on Wills, 756; 1 Roper on Legacies, 392 ; 4 Dana, 570; 7 B. Mon., 631; 2 lb., 461; 5 Dana, 489 ; 5 J.J. Mar., 357; 16 Mass., 244; 9 Leigh, 79, 96; 1 Dcssaurds Eq. R., 324; Jb., 499; 2 Pick., 469; 10 Ohio, 38; 12 B. Mon., 632; 11 lb., 86, 91; 2 lb., 461; 3 Stat. Law, 400 ; Addison on Contracts, 847; 2 B. Mon., 166; 11 Grattan, 75 ; 6 Dana, 52; 35 Eng.
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CASE 27 — APPEAL PROM NELSON CIRCUIT COURT. cited 25 Wend., 131, 139; Rev. Stat., 280; 12 B. Mon., 518; Jarman on Wills, 756; 1 Roper on Legacies, 392 ; 4 Dana, 570; 7 B. Mon., 631; 2 lb., 461; 5 Dana, 489 ; 5 J.J. Mar., 357; 16 Mass., 244; 9 Leigh, 79, 96; 1 Dcssaurds Eq. R., 324; Jb., 499; 2 Pick., 469; 10 Ohio, 38; 12 B. Mon., 632; 11 lb., 86, 91; 2 lb., 461; 3 Stat. Law, 400 ; Addison on Contracts, 847; 2 B. Mon., 166; 11 Grattan, 75 ; 6 Dana, 52; 35 Eng. Law and Eq., 589; Lomax on Executors, side page 58 ; 4 Kent, 202; 15 B. Mon., 551; 1 Bro. P. C., 189; 1 Vesey, sen., 165; 3 Burr.,…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Simpson
helivered the opinion oe the court:
The question presented in this agreed case is, whether the appellant is entitled to the share of his deceased wife in twelve thousand dollars of bank stock, under the will of her father, William R. Hynes, deceased.
This question arises on the following clause jn the will, viz : “ It is my will and desire that when my youngest child shall arrive at the age of twenty-one years', that the twelve thousand dollars set apart in bank stock shall be'equally divided among all my surviving children, or their heirs."
*131At the date of the will, and at the death of the…
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