Perkins v. Seigfried's Adm'r
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Albemarle county, pronounced December 20, 1898, in the chancery suit of Seigfried v. Purvis, wherein appellant filed a petition, to which the appellee was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
In 1885 Prederika A. Seigfried, an unmarried woman, died, having theretofore made her last will and testament, which bears date October 1, 1880. The provisions of this will have no bearing upon the questions presented, and therefore need not be here set out. A codicil to said will dated the 7th of November, 1884, which is the basis of this proceeding, contains these words: “I herein mention a debt of $600 I owe the Presbyterian church of Charlottesville, Va., and I wish it duly paid, without interest, out of my estate to that church after my sister, Mrs. M. H. Blankenburg’s death, by Captain…
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