Thayer v. . Burr
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from a judgment entered January 12, 1910, upon an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, which reversed on the facts and the law so much of a judgment, entered upon the report of a referee, as adjudged certain bonds to be the property of the defendant, appellant, and directed entry of judgment awarding them to the defendant, respondent.
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Appeal from a judgment entered January 12, 1910, upon an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, which reversed on the facts and the law so much of a judgment, entered upon the report of a referee, as adjudged certain bonds to be the property of the defendant, appellant, and directed entry of judgment awarding them to the defendant, respondent. The nature of the action and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. If any distribution of assets ' can be said to have been effected by the so-called bonds either of 1898 or of 1907, it…
1Opinion of the CourtWillard Bartlett, J.
This suit was brought by the testamentary trustee of Frances A. C. Headley to settle her accounts and to obtain a determination of conflicting claims to the ownership of bonds of the par value of $17,000 and scrip of the par value of $400 issued by the Adams Express Company in February, 1898, and June, 1907, ar. 1 distributed among its shareholders. Frances A. C. Headley, who died in 1884, by her will bequeathed fifty-eight shares of the stock of the Adams Express Company to her executor in trust to hold and apply the dividends thereon as fast as received to the use of her sister, Anna H.…
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