Welch & Harvey v. Dameron

The facts of this case are complicated, and the record on some points is obscure, but there is a concurrence of evidence establishing tho following facts with reasonable certainty:

James Harvey died in the year 1860, leaving a will which, after making liberal provision for his widow, Malinda, endeavored to make equal distribution among his eleven children, charging them respectively with advances made to them. He appointed three of his oldest sons as executors of his will, but, by the terms of the will, left it in doubt whether the widow or the *223>execntors were chargeable with the distribution…