Legal Opinion
Bowen v. Bowen
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided February 5, 1891PublishedCited by 12 opinions
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Fredericksburg, rendered June 27th, 1889, in a suit to construe the will of William P. Bowen, deceased, wherein Alexander Pratt, as an heir of decedent and as his administrator, the appellant here, was a defendant, and T. A. Harris, administrator of Adelaide Bowen, deceased, was a complainant. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
*439The will, so far as it is involved in this controversy, is as follows:
“After the payment of all my just debts, I give, devise, and bequeath to my wife, Adelaide Bowen, all my estate, real, personal, and mixed, for and during her life, and it is my wish and desire that my said wife may sell and convey my real estate and receive the purchase-money therefor; sell and use all my personal property, and buy and sell with the proceeds such property, for her own comfort and convenience, as she may choose, without accountability to any person whatever. ; In fact, during the life of my said wife, I…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Johns v. JohnsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1889
- Miller's Adm'r v. PotterfieldSupreme Court of Virginia · 1890
- Missionary Society of M. E. Church v. Calvert's adm'rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1879
3Cited by12 opinions
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