Dezendorf v. Humphreys & Son
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Law and Chancery Court of the city of Norfolk pronounced May 21, 1895, in a suit in chancery wherein D. Humphreys & Son were the complainants, and Mary L. Dezendorf and others were the defendants. The decree of the Law and Chancery Court was adverse to Lownsberry and other creditors similarly situated, and also to Mrs. Dezendorf, all of whom were defendants in the court below and they took separate appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
We are called upon in these cases to construe the will of James H. Croft, dated January 8, 1891 and probated on the 25th of June of that year. He gives to his daughter Mary Louise Dezendorf certain property “to have for her sole and separate use during her life, and at her death to be equally divided among her children, to he for their sole use and benefit.”
By the fifth clause of the will, it is provided that “none of the property above devised shall he conveyed or encumbered by my said daughters; and in the event of said daughters, or any or…
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