Watson v. Cleveland
Supreme Court of Connecticut
IN ERROR. This was a bill in chancery, brought by Cleveland and wife against Harvey Watson and Milo Watson, trustees under the will of Levi Watson, deceased, praying that the defendants be compelled to pay over to Lucy C. Cleveland, one of the plaintiffs, the arrears of interest accrued on the trust fund in their hands. On the 4th day of June, 1841, Levi Watson, father of Lucy C. Cleveland, made his will, containing the following provisions.
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IN ERROR. This was a bill in chancery, brought by Cleveland and wife against Harvey Watson and Milo Watson, trustees under the will of Levi Watson, deceased, praying that the defendants be compelled to pay over to Lucy C. Cleveland, one of the plaintiffs, the arrears of interest accrued on the trust fund in their hands. On the 4th day of June, 1841, Levi Watson, father of Lucy C. Cleveland, made his will, containing the following provisions. After making certain bequests to each of his surviving children, he adds: “And all the rest and residue of my property I give to my daughter, Lucy C.…
1Opinion of the Court
Church, Ch. J.
The bequests and directions in the last will and testament of Levi Watson, deceased, furnish the only rule of decision in this case; for by the finding of the county court, no extraneous facts appear, which can guide our judgment, except that the trustees, who are the defendants below, refuse to pay to the plaintiff's the accruing income given to the wife, by said will.
The trustees have, with good intentions, assumed to direct the appropriation and expenditure of the income of the fund, in their hands, which was given to Mrs. Cleveland, by the will of her father, and, at their…
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