Unknown County MsArchives Court.....Brownlee, Charles 1834
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Source: Reports Of Cases Adjudged In The Supreme Court Of Mississippi
Written: 1834
Recorded: 1818

CHARLES BROWNLEE vs. JOHN STEEL'S EXECUTORS

pages 179-180

The English rule adopted, by which interest at 4 per cent. per annum is 
computed on legacies charged on personal property, at one year from testator’s 
death. 


OPINION OF THE COURT-BY CHIEF JUSTICE HAMPTON.

This is an appeal from a decree of the Honorable the superior court of 
chancery, for the Western District, rendered at its sittings on the second 
Monday in January, 1824. The complainant is a legatee of the late Colonel John 
Steel, of the city of Natchez, in this state. The only question presented for 
the consideration of the court, is one in regard to interest, accruing on a 
legacy. The decree of the Chancellor which it is sought by this appeal to 
reverse, is predicated on the rule of decision adopted in England, in regard 
to legacies charged on personal property, and orders in behalf of complainant, 
that he be paid by the said defendants of the estate of testator commuted to 
them for administration, interest on his legacy at the rate of four per cent, 
to be computed from and after the expiration of one year from testator’s death 
until the said legacy be paid. We see no  reason to be dissatisfied with the 
English rule, especially under the circumstances of this case. 

Let the decree of the Chancellor be affirmed.


Source: Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Mississippi, June 
Term, 1818, By R. J. Walker, Reporter of the State. Natchez: Printed at the 
Courier and Journal Office, 1834.

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