Trustees v. Guthrie
Supreme Court of Virginia
Heard at Staunton. Decided at "Wytheville. Appeal from ■ decree of circuit court of Augusta county, rendered June 4, 1887, in the cause of John B. Guthrie and others, complainants, and Hugh G. Guthrie’s executors, defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtRichardson, J.
The bill was filed by John B. Guthrie, claiming to be an heir-at-law of Hugh G. Guthrie, deceased, on his own behalf and on behalf of' the other heirs of said decedent, against the executors of said Hugh G. Guthrie, for the purpose of having a judicial construction of the will of the decedent, and especially of the ninth clause thereof, and to contest the validity of the bequest thereby made, which clause is in these words:
“ After paying off all my debts' and the foregoing legacies, I bequeath and will all the money left or remaining in the hands of my executors, as soon as collected, to be…
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