In re Taft's Estate
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from surrogate’s court, Monroe county. This was a claim made by Albert S. Taft and William Main, surviving partners of Gilbert T. Taft, against William Tai't and Lillie Taft, legatees of Gilbert T. Taft, for compensation for services rendered in carrying on the business after the testator’s death. The claim was disallowed, and the claimants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtDwight, J.
The estate left by the testator consisted principally of his one-third interest in a patent medicine business, which at the time of his death was owned and carried on by the firm of Taft Bros., composed of the deceased, his brother, Albert S. Taft, (one of the executots,) and William Main. By his will the testator bequeathed his interest in the business to his son, William, an infant, charged with the payment to his daughter, Lillie, of one-third of his share of the profits; and he provided that the business should be carried on by his executors, in conjunction with the other surviving…
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- Caldwell v. LeiberNew York Court of Chancery · 1839
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