Brown v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from judgment on report of referee. Action by Augustus 0. Brown, administrator, etc., of Mary R. Burnside, deceased, against the Farmers’ Loan & Trust Company, to recover the value of certain bonds. There was a judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDaniels, J.
The action was brought to recover the proceeds of 15 bonds of $1,000 each, payable with interest at the rate of 8 per cent., which were made by Simeon B. Buckner of the city of Chicago, and secured by a mortgage upon real estate situated there. The bonds in controversy were the property of Mary R. Burnside during her life. She died on the 9th of March, 1876, and left a last will and testament, by which she devised and bequeathed to her husband, Ambrose E. Burnside, for and during the term of his natural life, the free use and improvement, rents, profits, and income, of all her estate, real,…
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