Larkin v. Larkin
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Bill in Equity to establish a lien. On demurrer to the bill.
1Opinion of the CourtStiness, J.
The portion of the will of William Larkin which is brought in question in this case is as follows : “ To each of my daughters I give the sum of fifty dollars, to be paid by my executor as soon as may be after my decease ; and at the death of their mother I direct each of my two sons to whom I have given my homestead farm to give to my two daughters the sum of fifty dollars each yearly, to be paid half yearly during their lives.”
Under this clause the complainants claim that these annuities are a charge upon the real estate, which this bill seeks to enforce. The Argument is, that this must have…
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- Wilderman v. RogersCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1886
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