Hess v. Hess
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Russell county. Decree for complainant. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
The record shows that Susan Ann Hess died in the year 1900, leaving a will which was admitted to probate in August, 1902, and leaving surviving her eight children, six of whom were idiots. By her will the testatrix gave all of her property, real and personal, to these six unfortunate children, whom she describes as persons of feeble mind and unable to take care of their property. The will then' appoints James H. Hess, one of her two sane sons, as guardian, “to see that the children are taken care of, and to apply the proceeds of the property to their benefit, and to keep them in order.”
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