McCoy v. Ward
West Virginia Supreme Court
Certified Questions from the Circuit Court,, Barbour County. Suit by C. R. McCoy and others against Emma Ward and others. On certified questions on order overruling1 demurrer to defendant’s answer. '■
1Opinion of the Court
MlLLER, PRESIDENT:
' The questions certified for decision involve the true construction of the last will and testament of Aquilla J. Ward, made on January 2, 1897, and are presented by the demurrer of some of the defendants to the bill of complaint, and the action of the circuit court thereon overruling said demurrer and ruling defendants to answer.
The object of the bill, besides the construction of the will, was to have an accounting by the widow, a second wife, and her children or the heirs of the full' blood, of the rents, issues and profits of the lands devised and of land and personal…
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