Johnson v. Beauchamp

The defendants in error, as constituting one of two stocks of the legatees of Robert Moore, deceased, having obtained, in a joint suit in chancery, a several decree for about two thousand three hundred dollars to each, against Francis Johnson, executor of the will of said testator, and against his co-plaintiffs in error, as his sureties—the plaintiffs, now seeking a reversal of that decree, rely on various suggestions of error; in considering which, we shall specially notice such only as are deemed separate, distinct, and pertinent.

The will of Robert Moore (who died in 1819,) after making…