Penick's v. Walker
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the .Circuit Court of Halifax county. Decree for complainant. Defendant appeals. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtKelly, J.
This suit involves the construction of Bishop Charles C. Penick’s will.
Bishop Penick died in a hospital in Baltimore in April, 1914. He was a widower, his wife having died in October, 1912, and he had for some time been residing in Halifax county, making his home with his brother, R. A. Penick. He had an only daughter, Mary Clifton Walker, who, with her husband, resided in the city of Frankfort, Ky. At the time of Bishop Penick’s death, Mrs. Walker had one child, ■Mary Hoge Walker, who was about four years old. Another child was subsequently born, but has since died. Mrs. *276Walker was…
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