Stevens v. Stevens
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from judgment on report of referee. Action by Charles G. Stevens and another against Marietta B. Stevens and others for settlement of plaintiffs’ accounts as trustees under the will of Paran Stevens, deceased. From the judgment settling such account, all the parties appeal. Modified.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
The will of Paran Stevens, out of which this litigation grows, was executed July 10, 1869, and admitted to probate shortly after the testator’s death, which occurred April 25, 1872. Such portions of it as are essential to a consideration of the questions presently to be discussed will now be stated. The first clause contains a bequest to the testator’s wife, Marietta R. Stevens, of $100,000, “to be paid to her out of my estate as soon as practicable .after my decease.” The fifth clause contains, among other provisions, the following:
T give and devise unto Charles G. Stevens, of Clinton, in…
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