Marconnier v. Preston

Citations

• 96 Wash. 374
• 165 P. 72
• 1917 Wash. LEXIS 584

Syllabus

<p>Wiias — Construction — Legacy — Time oe Payment — Interest. Under a nonintervention will providing that the trustees should pay legacies as rapidly as business judgment might require without sacrificing the estate, the same to be paid as much as possible out of notes, mortgages, and stock, with a residuary provision to establish a home for aged people, the legacies do not draw interest until such time as in the exercise of good business judgment sufficient of the estate could be converted into cash without sacrifice, where it appears that the payment of interest on legacies beginning one year after the death of the testatrix would diminish the amount of the residuary bequest.</p>