Doty v. Chaplin
Supreme Court of Vermont
Heard on bill and answer, at the September Term, 1880. Veazey, Chancellor, dismissed the bill. The bill, after stating the provisions of the will, substantially, as is given in the opinion of the court, contained the following : “ Your orators further show that said Laura C. Eddy was the daughter and only child, and while she lived was the only heir, of said James McConnell, and that she deceased before the death of said James McConnell, and that said Mary Helen Eddy was the…
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Heard on bill and answer, at the September Term, 1880. Veazey, Chancellor, dismissed the bill. The bill, after stating the provisions of the will, substantially, as is given in the opinion of the court, contained the following : “ Your orators further show that said Laura C. Eddy was the daughter and only child, and while she lived was the only heir, of said James McConnell, and that she deceased before the death of said James McConnell, and that said Mary Helen Eddy was the daughter and only heir of the body of said Laura C. Eddy, and that she, prior to the death of said James McConnell,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Royce, Ch. J.
The testator gave a life-estate in all his property, real and personal, to his widow, Nancy McConnell, and directed that all of his estate, real and personal, that might remain at the decease of his widow should be sold by his executors and invested in bonds or sureties; and, after the payment of legacies to John Wilmerth and EthelbertO. Eddy, that the yearly interest on what might remain of the estate, and, in a certain contingency, 1100 in addition thereto out of the principal, should be paid annually to his daughter, Laura C. Eddy, for…
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