Finch v. Marks
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Mecklenburg county, rendered December, 1878, in suit of Caroline Marks, by, &c., and others, against George B. Finch and others-The facts are sufficiently set forth in the opinion of the ■court.
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
We are of opinion that the deed from L. E. Finch and wife to F. B. Marks, trustee, exhibited with the bill, vests in the said trustee only the naked legal title to the lot of land in the village of Boydton, conveyed by said deed, and vests in Caroline Marks, the wife of the said F. B. Marks, the beneficiary, only a life estate therein to her sole and .separate use, with the power of appointment of the fee in remainder by will; and in case she fails to dispose of it by will, then to be held, or the property for which it may be commuted, in trust by the said F. B. Marks for the children of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Burnett v. Hawpe's ex'orSupreme Court of Virginia · 1874
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- Smith v. Fox's Adm'rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1887