Stewart v. Keating

Marshall, Referee.

The rights of the parties to .this litigation depend'upon- the determination of the question as to whether or not it was the intention of Julia Rhinelander -to-execute the power of appointment conferred upon her by the. will- of her father, William.0.Rhinelander, and^if so, whether the- attempted execution was valid and operative.

*45Her father died on July 9,1818, and by his will, after making various specific bequests, including a legacy to each of his-surviving-children of $30,000, he devised and bequeathed all the residue and remainder of his estate, real and personal, of…