Hussey v. Sargent
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 6 — Action by F. D. Hussey against George W. Sargfn't andOtiiebs fob a Construction of the Wise of D. P. Hussey, Deceased. APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT, CHANCERY DIVISION NO. 1. From the Judgment the Plaintiff and the Guardian ad litem of the Infant Defendants Appeal. The impracticability of requiring an accounting is well illustrated by this case.
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Case 6 — Action by F. D. Hussey against George W. Sargfn't andOtiiebs fob a Construction of the Wise of D. P. Hussey, Deceased. APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT, CHANCERY DIVISION NO. 1. From the Judgment the Plaintiff and the Guardian ad litem of the Infant Defendants Appeal. The impracticability of requiring an accounting is well illustrated by this case. It is impossible for the court in Kentucky to bring before it ithe parties in inlterelsit, and the'city of Nashua, -which claims a legacy of $50,000, is not in a-ny way before the court, and can n'ot be brought before it, and the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
CHIEF JUSTICE BURNAM.
The appellant, Frederick D. Hussey, brought this' suit against the appellees, George W. Sargent, Ezekiel H. Sargent, Webster-P. Hussey, Emily P. Hussey, Sr., Fannie R. Hussey, Emily P. Hussey, Jr., Catherine P. Hussey, Mabel W. Hussey, Dorothy Hussey, and Sarah L. Hussey, for the purpose of obtaining a construction of certain clauses in the will of-his father, Daniel P. Hussey, who died on the 25th of July, 1883, at his domicile in the county of Hills-borough, in the State of New Hampshire, and whose will, subsequent to his death, was duly admitted…
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