Legal Opinion
Doyle's Administrator v. Beasley
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 20, 1901PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Culpeper county, pronounced March 30, 1900, in a suit in chancery, wherein the appellees were the complainants, and the appellants were the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
Thomas Beasley died in the year 1853 possessed of several hundred acres of land' situated in Culpeper county, and leaving a widow and seven children, among others Lemuel Beasley 'and Thomas ~W. Beasley. By his will, probated in March, 1853, Thomas Beasley left all of his property to his wife for life, with *429remainder to all of his children, but by a codicil thereto he provided:
“I desire it to be understood that that portion of my estate which I have given in the will above to my son, Thomas W. Beasley, I now give to his wife, Anne Beasley, and children. Should he die without issue, I then…
2Cited by1 opinion
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