Osborne v. VanHorn
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from a decree in Chancery rendered in Leon Circuit Court, Douglas, Chief Justice, presiding. Thadeus D. VanHorn, in right of his wife, Mary Ann, daughter of Daniel Faust, deceased, with others, also children of said Daniel, filed their bill in Chancery against Mary Ann Osborne, (formerly Mary Ann Faust, widow of said Daniel,) administratrix of Daniel Faust, and Joseph C. Osborne her present husband, for an account of the administration, and distribution of the…
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Appeal from a decree in Chancery rendered in Leon Circuit Court, Douglas, Chief Justice, presiding. Thadeus D. VanHorn, in right of his wife, Mary Ann, daughter of Daniel Faust, deceased, with others, also children of said Daniel, filed their bill in Chancery against Mary Ann Osborne, (formerly Mary Ann Faust, widow of said Daniel,) administratrix of Daniel Faust, and Joseph C. Osborne her present husband, for an account of the administration, and distribution of the surplus. The defendants answered and submitted their accounts, and claimed an allowance for many items of expenditure for the…
1Opinion of the CourtBaltzell, J.
This suit is instituted bv the Complainants to recover from the *362administratrix of Daniel Faust, dec., the distributive share due to them as heirs of the decedent. The accounts of the administratrix were referred to a master, the exceptions to whose report constitute the ground of appeal to this Court. The mother, now Mrs. Osborne, was administratrix, and complainants object to allowing her “ any sum whatever for board and clothing her own children; this they say was her duty by law and nature.” And, secondly, admitting the claim, she was entitled to use no more in their support than the…
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