Toothman v. Barrett
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from, and siípersedeas to a decree of the circuit court of Wood county, rendered on the 13th day of October, 1877, in a cause in said court then pending, wherein Thornton F. Toothman and others were plaintiffs, and Samuel Barrett and others were defendants, granted on the petition of Thornton F. Toothman, Sallio Toothman, Benjamin "Walker Jr. and Matilda Walker. Hon. James Monroe Jackson, judge of the fifth judicial circuit, rendered the decree appealed from.
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Appeal from, and siípersedeas to a decree of the circuit court of Wood county, rendered on the 13th day of October, 1877, in a cause in said court then pending, wherein Thornton F. Toothman and others were plaintiffs, and Samuel Barrett and others were defendants, granted on the petition of Thornton F. Toothman, Sallio Toothman, Benjamin "Walker Jr. and Matilda Walker. Hon. James Monroe Jackson, judge of the fifth judicial circuit, rendered the decree appealed from. GreeN, PRESIDENT, furnishes the following statement of the case. Samuel Barrett died in 1838 leaving a will; of which the…
1Opinion of the Court
GeeeN, PbesideNt,
delivered the opinion of the Court:
The only question of controversy in this case is the true construction of the will of Samuel Barrett. The appellants contended, that by the second clause of this ■will a life estate is given to the testator’s daughter, *308Elizabeth Barrett, and by the third clause of this will a 'contingent remainder was given to the testator’s son, Jefferson Barrett, in fee charged with the payment of certain legacies, provided he survived the life-tenant, Elizabeth Barrett, and provided he was of ability to pay these legacies after her death as directed by…
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