Sprinkle v. Haywort
Supreme Court of Virginia
This was a suit in equity in the Circuit court of Smyth county, and afterwards transferred to the Circuit court of Wythe, brought in May 1870 by John T. Sprinkle and others, the heirs at law and next of kin of Archibald B. Sprinkle, deceased, against Nathaniel Hayworth and others, the heirs at law and next of kin of Phoebe Sprinkle, deceased, late wife of Archibald B. Sprinkle, to set up and establish an alleged parol agreement between said Archibald B. Sprinkle and Phcebe…
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This was a suit in equity in the Circuit court of Smyth county, and afterwards transferred to the Circuit court of Wythe, brought in May 1870 by John T. Sprinkle and others, the heirs at law and next of kin of Archibald B. Sprinkle, deceased, against Nathaniel Hayworth and others, the heirs at law and next of kin of Phoebe Sprinkle, deceased, late wife of Archibald B. Sprinkle, to set up and establish an alleged parol agreement between said Archibald B. Sprinkle and Phcebe his wife, that at the death of the survivor of the two, the property of said Archibald should be equally divided between…
1Opinion of the Court
Moncure P.
delivered the opinion of the court.
On the 19th of November 1835, A. B. Sprinkle, of *387the county of Smyth, Virginia, intermarried with Phoebe Hayworth, of the county of Greene, Tennessee. They lived together in great happiness during their whole married life, which lasted about thirty-five years, the whole of which was spent in the county of Smyth, and nearly all of it in the town of Marion, in that county. By their joint industry, frugality and economy, they amassed quite a large fortune: and never having had any children, it was their wish and intention, often expressed, that…
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