Palmer v. Benson
Palmer v. Benson
Opinion of the Court
The Judge of the Probate Court decided this case right. If it had been the intention of the testator to have the shares to which his children would be entitled in his estate apportioned off upon the marriage of his daughters respectively, and the attainment of the age of majority of his sons, lie would hardly have postponed those who were married and were of age at the time of making his’ will, but would have provided for their coming into possession of their shares immediately, or as soon as the same could have been apportioned off to them consistently with the "proper administration of his estate. So far from this, he makes a provision for his married daughter, Mrs. McKee, who was of age, in the 'specific bequest of three slaves, and seems to contemplate that those slaves will increase before the final division, at'which time the three slaves so given, but not their increase, are to be returned and appraised.
Again: he requires that all the property is to be kept together in common, and all his landed estate is to bo sold when his youngest son arrives at the age of twenty-one years. If it be true, as contended by the counsel for the plaintiff in errror, that oachheir upon arriving at age, or the daughters upon then-respective marriages, are entitled to their shares, to obtain which the whole estate, embracing the land, must be valued, the result
Decree of the Probate Court affirmed. -
Reference
- Full Case Name
- PALMER v. BENSON, Adm'r, &c.
- Status
- Published