East v. Garrett & Wife
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of Accomac county, ren■dered March 22d, 1886, in an action oi ejectment wherein Benjamin H. East, the plaintiff in error, was plaintiff, and George "W. Garrett and Eliza E., his wife, the defendants in error, were the defendants.
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Error to judgment of circuit court of Accomac county, ren■dered March 22d, 1886, in an action oi ejectment wherein Benjamin H. East, the plaintiff in error, was plaintiff, and George "W. Garrett and Eliza E., his wife, the defendants in error, were the defendants. The object of the action was to recover a certain tract of land in said county, mentioned in the fifth clause of the last will of Dr. Southey S. Satchell, and thereby devised to Edward P. East and his legitimate children forever, upon certain conditions in said fifth clause set forth. The following is the body of the will of the…
1Opinion of the CourtRichardson, J.
This case turns upon the proper construction to be given to the fifth item of the last will and testament of Dr. Southey S. Satehell, late of Accomac. That item of the testator’s will is for convenience here reproduced:
“ 5th. I give to Edward P. East and his legitimate children forever, the farm which I prarchased of Major John Savage, upon condition that he will pay to Eliza P. Scott, Sr., one *531hundred and thirty dollars annually as long as she lives, and will also pay me what he owes me; but if he will not pay the above annuity to Eliza P. Scott, Sr., and what he owes me, and shall die…
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