Gill v. . Brouwer

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] By a careful attention to the facts in this case, which, owing to the various positions the parties occupy, are presented in a somewhat confused form, it will be seen that the only appeal before us is by the heirs of Thomas Gill, from the judgment of the Supreme Court modifying the decree of the surrogate and dismissing the appeal they attempted to take from the decree of the surrogate made in July, 1858. By that decree the executor was directed to retain…