Bing v. Burrus
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree in chancery of the Circuit Court of Albemarle county. Decree for the defendants. Complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
The appellants filed their bill in the Circuit Court of Albemarle county for the purpose of having the will of Bobert D. Burrus construed, and for the partition of an 165-acre parcel of land in which they claimed an interest, under a proper construction of the will, upon the death of Joseph I. Burrus, one of the devisees.
Upon a hearing of the cause the Circuit Court held that Joseph I. Burrus took a fee simple in the land devised him, that the appellants had no interest therein, and dismissed their bill.
The appellants only assign one error, and that is that the Circuit Court erred in holding…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Brown's Guardian v. Strother's AdministratorSupreme Court of Virginia · 1903
- Honaker Sons v. DuffSupreme Court of Virginia · 1903
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