Collins v. Doyle's
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the city of Norfolk ou a bill filed by an executor asking the construction of a will and the guidance of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
This is a bill filed by Clarence W. Cooper, executor of Mamie Doyle, deceased, against Sarah Collins, her half sister and heir at law. and the St. Mary’s Female Academy and Orphan Asylum, Incorporated (hereinafter called “the asylum”), and other beneficiaries under the will, to have certain clauses thereof construed, and for other relief.
The will was admitted to probate August 26, 1913, and the sixth and seventh clauses, which aloné are involved in this litigation, are as follows:
“(6) I give and bequeath unto the Saint Mary’s Female Academy and Orphan Asylum, an incorporated society of the…
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