Turner v. Monteiro

This appeal brings before us for interpretation the will of Francisco X. Monteiro. This will was probated in Goochland County Court, February 18, 1849, and is in terms as follows:

“I, F. X. Monteiro, of the county of Goochland, being desirous to dispose of my estate do hereby make my last will and testament in manner and form following, that is to say: I do hereby constitute and appoint my two sons, Henry and Aristides, executors of this my last will, and give to them during their lifetime the land I own and all the stock and farming utensils, and slaves except Dolly and her children, to hold…