Foxall v. McKenney
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia
This was a bill in equity, filed by Mrs. Foxall against the executors of her husband’s will, and certain trustees under her marriage settlement, for certain provisions of coffee, wine, and brandy, which had been laid in by her husband for the current use and consumption of the family; and also to obtain the use of his servants, who had been employed in a baking business carried on under the superintendence of his son-in-law, Mr. McKenney; and to be reimbursed her travelling…
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This was a bill in equity, filed by Mrs. Foxall against the executors of her husband’s will, and certain trustees under her marriage settlement, for certain provisions of coffee, wine, and brandy, which had been laid in by her husband for the current use and consumption of the family; and also to obtain the use of his servants, who had been employed in a baking business carried on under the superintendence of his son-in-law, Mr. McKenney; and to be reimbursed her travelling expenses from England, where her husband died, to the United States. This cause was heard in this Court at the same time…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion of the Court Was delivered by
Cranch, C. J., (Thruston, J., absent.)
The third bill, namely, Foxall v. McKenney et al., presents three questions:
1st. Who is entitled to the coffee, wine, &c., laid in by Mr. Foxall for household consumption 1
2d. Are the trustees entitled to the use of the servants employed exclusively in the bakehouse ?
*2073d. Is the plaintiff, Mrs. Foxall, entitled to be repaid by the defendants her travelling expenses from England to Georgetown ?
1. As to the coffee, wine, &c. By the marriage settlement she was to have, for life, the dwelling-house and…
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