Legal Opinion

Richardson v. McConaughey

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided April 1, 1904PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from Circuit Court, Marshall County. Bill by L. M. Richardson and her husband against Ann Mc-Conaughey and others. Decree for defendants, .and plaintiffs appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

McWhorter, Judge:

David McConaughey executed his will by which he devised to his wife, Ann McConaughey, all of his real estate and personal property, giving her full control thereof and to receive all the proceeds or assets arising from the same and she to pay all just ■debts which he might owe at his death, and keep all the property free from encumbrances so long as she remained his widow, or until his youngest son, David McConaughey, Jr., should arrive at the age of thirty years, when if the said David, Jr. ■should be living he gave him one hundred acres of the farm on which testator lived,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Currence v. WardWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1897
  2. Troll v. CarterWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1879
  3. Squire v. HarderNew York Court of Chancery · 1829

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Wright v. YoungArizona Supreme Court · 1918
  2. Brown v. Western Maryland Railway Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1919
  3. Doolittle v. J. C. Murray & Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1907
  4. Way v. MayhughWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1905
  5. Anderson v. HymanWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1933

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