Hughes v. Tabb
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal of Annie F. Hughes, wife of George Hughes, and Peyton N. Page, trustee for her, to several decrees of circuit court of Gloucester county, rendered on the 21st November, 1877, on 9th July, 1880, and on • 23d and 24th May, 1881, respectively, in the causes of J. Prosser Tabb, executor of John Tabb, deceased, against George Hughes, Philip Tabb; Elvira Mary Tabb, his infant child, and ais., and of Annie F. Hughes and Peyton N. Page, her trustee, against Tabb and ais.
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Appeal of Annie F. Hughes, wife of George Hughes, and Peyton N. Page, trustee for her, to several decrees of circuit court of Gloucester county, rendered on the 21st November, 1877, on 9th July, 1880, and on • 23d and 24th May, 1881, respectively, in the causes of J. Prosser Tabb, executor of John Tabb, deceased, against George Hughes, Philip Tabb; Elvira Mary Tabb, his infant child, and ais., and of Annie F. Hughes and Peyton N. Page, her trustee, against Tabb and ais. The circuit court decided that the sale by J. Prosser Tabb, executor, &c., of White Marsh, part of the real estate of John…
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
In the year 1860, John Tabb died in the county of Gloucester, possessed of a large estate, having first made his will, by which, after providing for his widow, who survived him only a few years, and making certain inconsiderable *316specific devises and bequests, gives to his son, J. Prosser-Tabb, and his heirs, the rest of his estate, subject to the following conditions, that is to say: “ Three thousand dollars of the annual profits are to be paid annually, in half yearly payments, to my son, Philip Tabb, during his life,, commencing six months after the death of his mother, and at his death the…
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