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@onceRepub @KevinLevin TJ refused to be the executor the for a couple of reasons, but chief among them was that Kosciusko wrote multiple wills, one that revoked the will talked about here. TJ, at 74, did not want to take on a lawsuit. He had just lost a major one the year before.
@onceRepub @KevinLevin He guessed right. Disputes over the will lasted until the 1850s, when the Supreme Court declared that the bequest had been revoked in the 2nd out of the 4 wills Kosciusko, for whatever reason, left.
@onceRepub @KevinLevin You can’t write four wills. That’s a disaster waiting to happen. Actually, one claim arising out of this was not settled until after the beginning of the 20th Century.
@onceRepub @KevinLevin Interestingly enough, no one asks what TK was doing. Had he taken the money earlier, and bought and freed people, there would have been no problem. But he wanted the money from the interest accruing on the bequest. And why did he write 4 wills, one revoking all previous wills.
