Schreckhise v. Wiseman
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Augusta county, pronounced June 13, 1902, in a suit in chancery, wherein the appellee was the complainant, and the appellant and others were the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
In the latter part of 1898 Richard F. Humphreys, the father of appellee, Susan E. Wiseman, was the owner of a tract of *10about 15 acres of land in Augusta county, and being desirous of dividing it equally among his five children, including appellee, reserving to himself a life estate therein, he caused it to be platted and divided into five lots of 3 acres each by J. Samuel Schreckhise, and Schreckhise prepared four deeds, which were at once' executed by Humphreys, conveying 3 acres to his son, William Humphreys; two of the lots to his son, D. R. Humphreys, one of these lots to be held by the…
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