Wells v. Wood

This suit was instituted to compel an accounting by defendant Mary C. Wood of the profits received by her in the purchase of certain corporate stock bequeathed to her son, John Wood, Jr., and for judgment against her for the sum of $4,000, the amount the legacies bequeathed to plaintiff were discounted by her while she was executrix of the will of John Wood, deceased, and as such a trustee for plaintiffs. John Wood died testate. He left surviving him his widow, defendant Mary C. Wood, who was his second wife; a minor son, John Wood, Jr., who was the son of his said widow. He also left five…