Jones's v. Jones's
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the city of Fredericksburg, pronounced May 15, 1893, in the chancery suit of Waddy, for, <&o., v. Jones’s Adm’r and Others.
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Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the city of Fredericksburg, pronounced May 15, 1893, in the chancery suit of Waddy, for, <&o., v. Jones’s Adm’r and Others. Sarah A. Waddy, in her own right and as administratrix of Thomas C. Waddy, deceased, suing on behalf of herself and of all other creditors of Gabriel Jones, deceased, filed her bill in the Circuit Court of the city of Fredericksburg against the administrators of Gabriel Jones and Philip H. Jones and certain alienees of Gabriel Jones in his lifetime. The bill charges that certain conveyances and assignments made by Gabriel…
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
The controversy in this case involves the construction of certain provisions in the will of Philip H. Jones, who died in the year 1856.
It is claimed by the appellants that the negro Bob, under the provisions of the codicils to the will, was made a free man, and entitled to a legacy of fifty dollars annually from the 1st day of December, 1856, (the time the will was admitted to probate,) as long as he lived.
If he acquired any rights under the will, they were never recognized by the executor or residuary legatee, so far as the record shows. Since 1865 he has been a free man. Whether made so by…
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