McCreery v. Johnston
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Raleigh. County. Suit by John Earle McCreery against D. Howe Johnston and others for the construction of the will of John W. Mc-Creery, deceased. Decree for complainant, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Ritz, Judge:
John W. McCreery departed this life in the year 1917 leaving surviving him as his heirs-at-law five daughters, one son- and four grandchildren, offspring of a deceased son. He left a large estate which he attempted to dispose of by will, and it is some of the provisions of this will that we are now called upon to define.
The will gave to each of the children and grandchildren above mentioned legacies of particular sums of money, .-amounting in the aggregate to more than forty thousand dollars, and also devised to some of his children certain specific real estate, and' empowered the…
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