Wellford v. Snyder
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. This was a bill in equity, in the nature of a bill of inter-pleader, for the construction of the will, dated July 1, 1824, of John Tayloe, by which, after providing for his wife, giving an annuity of $1200 to a daughter-in-law, making a devise to a grandson, and devising and bequeathing the greater part of his lands and personal property to his six sons, he provided for his daughters' as follows: “ Having, at the…
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APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. This was a bill in equity, in the nature of a bill of inter-pleader, for the construction of the will, dated July 1, 1824, of John Tayloe, by which, after providing for his wife, giving an annuity of $1200 to a daughter-in-law, making a devise to a grandson, and devising and bequeathing the greater part of his lands and personal property to his six sons, he provided for his daughters' as follows: “ Having, at the time of the intermarriage of my daughter Mrs. Henrietta Hill Key, settled upon her ten thousand dollars, I give and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
The decision of this case depends upon the true construction of that paragraph in John Tayloe’s will by which he be queathes to four of his daughters the sum of $20,000 each. Neither the. other paragraphs of the will, nor the codicils, appears to us to have any material bearing.
The testator begins by giving and bequeathing to each of these four daughters the sum of $20,000 apiece, to be invested in United States Bank stock or in government securities, which he directs his executors to hold in trust for his said daughters respectively, and ter apply the income thereof, as it shall accrue, to…
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