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FONTAIN v. RAVENEL

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58 U.S. 369 (1855)

17 How. 369

15 L.Ed. 80

WILLIAM FONTAIN, ADMINISTRATOR de bonis non cum testa mento annexo OF FREDERICK KOHNE, DECEASED, APPELLANT v. WILLIAM RAVENEL.

Supreme Court of United States.

January 18, 1855.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued, in print, by Mr. Hopper and Mr. Meredith, for the appellant, and by Mr. Gerhard and Mr. Pettigru, (with whom was Mr. Whaley, for the residuary legatee of Mrs. Kohne,) for the appellee.

Mr. Justice McLEAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal in chancery, from the circuit court of the United States for the eastern district of Pennsylvania.

The case involves the construction of the will of Frederick Kohne. He first settled in Charleston, South Carolina, where he engaged in active business, and accumulated a large fortune. For many years before his death, his residence was divided between...

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