Supreme Court of Rhode Island October 6, 1871 (Pearce v. Billings)

Ducrpee, J.

The principal question in this case was whether certain legacies, given by the will of the late James. Wheaton, purporting to be legacies of stock, are to be regarded as specific or pecuniary; and we have decided, in accordance with the admitted preponderance of authority, that they are to be regarded as pecuniary legacies, the amount thereof to be ascertained by reference to the