Clarke v. Clarke
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Townsend, J., Columbia, August 30, 1895. Action by Henry P. Clarke, as executor of the last will and testament of Julia H. Clarke, and trustee of the estate of Nancy B. Clarke, his infant daughter, under said will, against Nancy B. Clarke, for construction of will of Julia A. Clarke, commenced June 29, 1895. The Circuit Judge filed the following decree: This cause was heard by me while holding the Circuit Court for the fifth circuit, presiding at Edgefield, at my…
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Before Townsend, J., Columbia, August 30, 1895. Action by Henry P. Clarke, as executor of the last will and testament of Julia H. Clarke, and trustee of the estate of Nancy B. Clarke, his infant daughter, under said will, against Nancy B. Clarke, for construction of will of Julia A. Clarke, commenced June 29, 1895. The Circuit Judge filed the following decree: This cause was heard by me while holding the Circuit Court for the fifth circuit, presiding at Edgefield, at my chambers, by the written consent of the attorneys of the parties, and W. G. Childs, the guardian ad litem of the defendant,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Pope.
On the 29th day of June, 1895, the plaintiff above named commenced his action in the Court of Common Pleas for Richland County against the defendant, wherein he prayed the judgment of the court, for its direction to him in regard to the true construction of the last will and testament, and codicil thereto, of his deceased wife, Mrs. Julia H. Clarke, especially the fifth clause *236thereof, and as to his powers and duties as said executor and trustee under said will, and for such other relief as is consistent with his case as made. The…
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