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POTTER v. COUCH

Nos. 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1067.

141 U.S. 296 (1891)

11 S.Ct. 1005

35 L.Ed. 721

POTTER, v. COUCH. HALE, v. COUCH. JOHNSON, v. COUCH. JOHNSON, v. COUCH. COUCH, v. COUCH.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 25, 1891.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry B. Mason for Potter.

Mr. Monroe L. Willard for Hale.

Mr. D.K. Tenney for George B. Johnson, husband of Caroline E. Johnson.

Mr. Charles H. Aldrich for Mrs. Johnson's children.

Mr. John S. Cooper and Mr. John G. Reid for James Couch and Elizabeth G. Couch.

Mr. Charles H. Wood for Ira Couch, son of James.

Mr. William H. Wood and Mr. C. Beckwith for the trustees.

MR. JUSTICE GRAY, after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the court.

The matters in controversy concern those shares only of Ira Couch's real estate, which he devised to his brother James and to his nephew Ira, the son of James.

1. In order to ascertain the nature and the time of vesting of their interests; it is important in the first place to determine the extent and duration of the trust estate...

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