West v. Smith
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia and County of Alexandria^itting as a court of equity.
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This was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia and County of Alexandria^itting as a court of equity. It was a bill filed in the Circuit Court by Ellen Smith, then Ellen Mandeville, one of the legatees of Joseph Mandeville, deceased, whose will was before this court for construction at January term, 1844, The case is reported in 2 Howard, 560. It will be seen by reference to that case, that John West became a party to the proceedings, upon the ground of being the residuary legatee, and, as the court then held, residuary devisee also. Ellen…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woodbury
The original proceeding in this case was a bill in chancery instituted in September, 1839, in the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia, sitting for the County of Alexandria. The object was to recover a legacy of $ 3,000, bequeathed by Joseph* Mandeville, in 1837, to Ellen Mandeville, now the wife of Smith.
William C. Gardner, the executor, took upon himself the execution of the will, and was made one of the original defendants, with West and several other legate'esT West, being residuary legatee, took a leading part in conducting the defence in the Circuit Court, and made the appeal to…
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