Samuel Blatchford

“ There is no suggestion that any of the legatees named in the fourth article of the will consented to the setting apart of the bond and mortgage, or that there was any order of any court on the subject. The fourth article gives directly to Charlotte Sherman the interest of $4,000 for life, and, at her decease, gives directly to such of the other three persons named as shall then be living 'the said sum of four thousand dollars,' to be equally divided among them. ”

“ A decree was made, providing that the defendants, as executors, have in their hands and hold said bond and mortgage, in trust for the payment to the plaintiffs of the legacy specified in the fourth clause of the bill; that the plaintiffs are entitled to the payment of the proceeds of the bond an mortgage, after deducting therefrom the expenses of the collection thereof, and the amounts paid, and to be paid, by the defendants for taxes on the property covered by the mortgage, to preserve the lien thereof, and the costs of this suit ”

“ All bequests herein contained to persons residing in New York, and that to Maria Cameron, I desire paid first, and the remainder as fast as the money is available.' 'Twenty-sixth. I hereby appoint Henry N. Page my executor for carrying out the provisions of this my last will and testament, so far as they relate to parties and property in this state, (in New York,) and Charles W. Grant, of East Saginaw, and D. H. Jerome, of Saginaw city, Michigan, my executors for everything, so far as they relate to parties and property in the state of Michigan and elsewhere ”