Legal Opinion

Wootton v. Redd's ex'or

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided March 2, 1855PublishedCited by 36 opinions

John Redd was a wealthy farmer living in the county of Henry. He seems to have had nine children, all of whom were married in his lifetime; and to whom he seems to have given property at different times. He owned a large body of lands lying on both sides of Marrowbone creek; there having been about fifteen hundred acres on the west side of the creek, on which he lived, and between five and six hundred acres on the east of the creek.

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John Redd was a wealthy farmer living in the county of Henry. He seems to have had nine children, all of whom were married in his lifetime; and to whom he seems to have given property at different times. He owned a large body of lands lying on both sides of Marrowbone creek; there having been about fifteen hundred acres on the west side of the creek, on which he lived, and between five and six hundred acres on the east of the creek. All these lands were called his Marrowbone lands; though that on the east was called Wash’s place, or the quarter; and that where he lived, the home place. One…

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iphe questions for the determination of the court in this cause, relate to the construction and legal effect of the second -clause of the will of John Redd deceased. The will bears date on the 21st of February 1843; and the clause in question is in the following words:

“ Second. I give and devise to my daughter Lucy D. Wootton, all that part of my Marrowbone lands whereon I now live, in the county of Henry, beginning on my spring branch at the bridge; running up the ditch of said branch to the head of said branch; thence with the line heretofore deeded to John T. Wootton and' Lucy D.…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Andrews v. King CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1890

3Cited by36 opinions

  1. Hall v. StephensSupreme Court of Missouri · 1877
  2. Allison v. Allison's ExecutorsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1903
  3. Couch v. EasthamWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1887
  4. Weiss v. SotoWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1957
  5. Flanary v. KaneSupreme Court of Virginia · 1904

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