Legal Opinion
Smith v. Mason's Ex'or
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided March 9, 1893PublishedCited by 10 opinions
Appeal from decree of circuit court of city of Alexandria, rendered at March term, 1891, in a cause wherein Nina Smith, by her husband and next friend, Allen Smith, was complainant, and George Mason’s executor and others were defendants. The decree being adverse to the complainant, she appealed. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
The controversy is as to the true construction of certain parts of the will of George Mason, deceased.
*714In the said will the testator, after providing for the payment of debts and funeral expenses in a first clause, provided in the second clause as follows:
“I direct one thousand dollars tobe realized out of my personal estate, as soou as possible without causing any temporary inconvenience to my mother’s support, but not to be delayed more than one year after my decease, at any rate, and then paid over to my dear cousin, Nina Stuart, daughter of the late S. F. Stuart, as a testimony of my…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Lee v. LeeSupreme Court of Virginia · 1892
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