Davies v. Hughes
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal. from two decrees of circuit court of Gloucester county, rendered respectively May 19, 1885, and June 19, 1888, in the chancery cause wherein William A. Davies and Indiana Davies, his wife, and others, the appellants, were complainants, and Thomas J. Hughes, executor of Thomas Hughes, deceased, and others, were defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
This case is as follows: In the year 1865, Thomas Hughes died, leaving a will, dated October 26, 1865, by which he provided : (1) That all his just debts should be paid. (2) That the appellee, Thomas J. Hughes, his son, named as his executor, should sell all of his real estate and personal property on such terms and at such time as he might deem most advisable for all concerned. (3) He lent to his wife all his property, real and personal, or'the sales arising from the said property, during her life, and at her death he gave one-third of the same to the children of a deceased son, John TI.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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