Troth v. Robertson
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of Prince William county, rendered 12tli October, 1880, in action of debt on bonds executed by the defendants, Paul Hillman Trotb and Edward M. Willis, for the purchase money of a tract of land sold under a decree of said court in a suit entitled,. “Robertson v. Robertson and als.,” which had been instituted under acts 1857-8, p. 46 (Code 1873, ch. 112, § 20), to sell land devised by the will of Henry Fairfax, upon contingent limitations.
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Error to judgment of circuit court of Prince William county, rendered 12tli October, 1880, in action of debt on bonds executed by the defendants, Paul Hillman Trotb and Edward M. Willis, for the purchase money of a tract of land sold under a decree of said court in a suit entitled,. “Robertson v. Robertson and als.,” which had been instituted under acts 1857-8, p. 46 (Code 1873, ch. 112, § 20), to sell land devised by the will of Henry Fairfax, upon contingent limitations. The said Troth defended said action on. the ground that the sale made under the decree of the said court was void, for…
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
The facts in this case necessary to be stated are as follows : Henry Fairfax, a resident of Prince William county, departed this life, having first made and published his last will and testament, dated the 21st day of September, 1840, which was duly admitted to probate in the county court of Prince William on the 1st day of November, 1847.
Under the ninth clause of the said will, the testator devised to two of his children, Martha L. and John W. Fair-fax, certain real estate situated in the said cqunty, to have and to hold for and during their lives and no longer; the remainder in said…
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