CLARKE v. BOORMAN'S EXECUTORS


85 U.S. 493 (1873)

18 Wall. 493

CLARKE v. BOORMAN'S EXECUTORS.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was elaborately argued on principle and on the authorities, by Messrs. P. Phillips and L. Janin, for the appellants; and by Mr. Charles O'Conor, contra.


Mr. Justice MILLER delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiffs assume, as the foundation of their bill, that by the true construction of the codicil as applied to the facts of the case, Jeanet Clarke took but a life estate in the real property of her father, or a life interest in the proceeds of the sale, so far as it may have been sold, and that their father, George Clarke, had a vested remainder or interest in the...

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