Sheridan v. Krause

John Sheridan, of Lexington, Virginia, died in May, 1929, leaving a will dated April 16, 1920, to which is attached an undated codicil.

Paragraphs numbered 1, 2 and 3 of the will direct that *878his just debts shall be paid and make two small specific bequests, aggregating $1,500. The residue of the will, so far as it is here material, read's:

“4th. All the residue of my property, real, personal or mixed, wherever situated, I devise and bequeath equally, share and share alike, to my six children, viz.: Clara V. Sheridan, Leo G. Sheridan, Charles William Sheridan (sometimes called Tom Sheridan),…