Sowles v. Witters
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Vermont
In Equity. Bill by Margaret B. Sowles, a married woman, suing by her next friend, against Edward A. Sowles, her husband, and Chester W. Witters, receiver of the First National Bank of St. Albans, to recover the avails •of certain stocks and notes, and to have set aside or transferred to her •certain leases and a mortgage.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
The defendant Sowles is the husband of the oratrix, who is a niece of Hiram Bellows. He died leaving much real and personal estate, and a will, of which the defendant Sowles was executor, and in which many bequests and devises were made, and Susan B. Bellows, his widow, was residuary legatee. She died leaving a will making nearly the same bequests and devises, and the same person executor, and the oratrix residuary legatee. The executor took possession of the assets of both estates, and managed and disposed of same according to his pleasure. He discharged a mortgage on the Bremmer farm…
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