Sedgwick's Curator v. Taylor
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of chancery court of city of Richmond, rendered August 4th, 1886, in the cause wherein the appellees, Martha Taylor and J. Nathaniel Taylor, are complainants, and the appellant, William H. Scott, curator of the estate of Richard Sedgwick, deceased, is defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
It is clear, upon a fair construction of the trust deed of June 27, 1846, that the female plaintiff in the court helow, Mrs. Martha Taylor, was entitled for her life to the income of the trust estate only. The property, which consisted of a house and lot in the town of Manchester, was conveyed to Richard Sedgwick, trustee, “ upon trust that the said Richard Sedgwick shall permit the said Martha Taylor to have free and undisturbed possession and use of the parcel of land aforesaid taking the rents and profits thereof to her own use during the term…
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