Potter v. Brown
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Bill in equity brought by an executor to obtain the instructions of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
This is a bill in equity for instructions by the executor of the will of the late William A. Brown. The will bears date of July 9, 1872. It disposes of all the testator's estate. It contains several bequests, and among them a bequest of two thousand dollars to Mary E. Brown in trust, to invest it in bank stock and to use the income thereof for the maintenance and education of his daughter, Olive Estella Brown, until she attains the age of twenty years or is married, and then to transfer the same, together with the balance of the accumulated interest thereon, to the said Olive Estella Brown…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Williamson v. WilliamsonNew York Court of Chancery · 1837
- Gould v. Winthrop and Wife, OthersSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1858
- Lapham v. ClappSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1873