Holcombe v. Holcombe
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On appeal from a decree of the ordinary, reported in Holcombe v. Holcombe, 12 G. H. Or. 473.
1Opinion of the CourtYan Stoked, J.
Jacob II. ITolcombe, by his will, gave to his daughter, Mrs. Sharp, the interest for life of certain investments, with provision that she should have the principal sum if she had living issue; otherwise, on her death, it should be equally divided between her two sons. The sons were appointed executors of the will, and, on settlement of their accounts, *599it appears that they hold the sum of $16,427.15 to be invested for Mrs. Sharp. The only question in this case is, how, and in whose hands, this sum is to be assessed for taxes? By the seventh section of the act concerning taxes, passed April…
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