Weakley v. Meriwether

Opinion of the Court by

William Rogers Clay,

Commissioner — Affirming on Original and Cross Appeals.

Richard Meriwether died in Shelby County, Kentucky, in the year 1871, leaving a last will and testament. By the sixth item of his will he bequeathed ten Louisville & Portland Canal bonds of the value of $1,000 each, and a claim which he had against his brother, George Wood Meriwether, to his executor and trustee “in trust for the sole and separate use and benefit of my brother, George Wood Meriwether, during his life and the interest and income thereon to be paid over to my said brother, George…