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PRAY ET AL. v. BELT ET AL.

26 U.S. 670 (____)

1 Pet. 670

ANN PRAY, EXECUTRIX, J.J. MAXWELL, AND GEORGE WATERS, EXECUTORS OF JOHN PRAY, DECEASED, APPELLANTS, vs. GEORGE G. BELT, TRUSTEE, AND JAMES P. HEATH, PRO. AMI.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued by Mr. Berrien for the appellants, and by Mr. Key for the appellees.

Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court. —

This suit was brought in the Circuit Court for the district of Georgia, by George G. Belt, the trustee for Jane Heath and her children, who are infants, and by James P. Heath, husband of the said Jane, and father of her children, against the executors of John Pray, deceased, and Ann Pray, his widow, to recover a legacy bequeathed to them and others, by the said John Pray.

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