Thom's Ex'or v. Thom
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Corporation Court of the city of Fredericksburg, pronounced November 21, 1895, in a suit in chancery wherein the appellees were the complainants, and the appellant was the defendant.
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Appeal from a decree of the Corporation Court of the city of Fredericksburg, pronounced November 21, 1895, in a suit in chancery wherein the appellees were the complainants, and the appellant was the defendant. The testatrix died in June, 1894, and the bill in this case was filed in July, 1895. The'bill charged, amongst other things, that the executor had not filed any inventory of the estate, and it prayed that he might be required to file such inventory, and to settle his account as executor and trustee. The inventory was filed, and the account was settled by a commissioner of the court.…
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
Miss Mary Thom died in June, 1894, leaving the following will:
’“I, Mary Thom, of the city of Fredericksburg and State of Virginia, do make this my last will and testament, revoking all other wills at any time made by me.
“First. I give and devise to my executor, hereinafter named, all my estate of every kind and description upon trust, to take possession of and invest said estate in good and safe interest-bearing bonds or other securities, and to pay the interest, dividends and profits arising from the same annually to my three nieces, Fannie S. Goodwin, Betty C. Goodwin and Janet Goodwin, in…
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