Lawton v. Thurston

This is a bill in equity brought against the executor of the will and codicil of Mary J. Hammond, late of Newport, deceased, and the residuary legatees named in said will and codicil, to have the estate of Mary J. Hammond impressed with a trust in favor of the complainants arising out of an agreement alleged to have been made by the testatrix with the complainants.

The cause was heard before a justice of the Superior Court who ordered the entry of a decree granting to the complainants the relief prayed for in the bill. The cause is before us upon the appeal of the respondents.

The complainants…