Graveley v. Graveley
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Hudson, J., Charleston, December, 1881. The complaint in this case was as follows : The complaint of the above-named plaintiff alleges— 1. That John Graveley, the above-named testator, formerly of Charleston, in the county and State aforesaid, departed this life in England, on or about the 31st day of March, 1865, leaving, unrevoked and in full force and virtue, a last will and testament, a copy of which is hereto annexed as a part of this complaint. 2. That said will…
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Before Hudson, J., Charleston, December, 1881. The complaint in this case was as follows : The complaint of the above-named plaintiff alleges— 1. That John Graveley, the above-named testator, formerly of Charleston, in the county and State aforesaid, departed this life in England, on or about the 31st day of March, 1865, leaving, unrevoked and in full force and virtue, a last will and testament, a copy of which is hereto annexed as a part of this complaint. 2. That said will was proved in England, and subsequently thereto, to wit, on or about the 3d day of April, A. D.' 1872, was admitted to…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Justice McGowan.
This was an action brought to recover a legacy from Maria Torrens Graveley, executrix, bequeathed to the plaintiff by the will of John Graveley, deceased. The bequest is in the following words : “ I give and bequeath two thousand dollars each to John Graveley and Francis Porcher Graveley, the sons of my nephew, Cowlam Graveley, to be held in trust for them by my executors, and paid them, with the accumulations of interest, as they respectively attain the age of twenty-one years.”
The testator was a British subject, who, for many…
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