Swayze v. Huntington

Howell, V. C.

The bill in this case is in form a bill filed by the complainant as sole surviving executor and trustee under the will of Henry W. Merriam for a settlement of his accounts and those of his deceased co-executors, and the ascertainment of the balance in his hands. As incidental thereto and part thereof it was prayed that the court might ascertain whether certain persons who were made defendants to the suit were accountable for the value of shares of stock of the H. W. Merriam Shoe Company which stood in the name of the testator on the books of the company at the time of his death,…