Steed v. Steed

This is a suit by Miss Florence Inez Steed against Mrs. Hattie Steed, as the administratrix of the estate of Owen Steed, to recover $383.33, an alleged balance due of a legacy of $500 which, it is alleged, was devised to the plaintiff by the will of Mrs. Susan Frances Jackson, and which the defendant’s intestate had, as executor, held for the plaintiff. The defendant admitted these allegations, but sought to absolve the estate of Owen Steed from liability to the plaintiff, upon the ground that the intestate deposited $500, representing the legacy, in a solvent bank, viz. the Bank of Palmetto,…