Hoxton v. Griffith
Supreme Court of Virginia
In the year 1865, Sally W. Griffith, of the city of Alexandria, departed this life, having made her will, which was duly admitted to probate in the County Court of Alexanandria.
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In the year 1865, Sally W. Griffith, of the city of Alexandria, departed this life, having made her will, which was duly admitted to probate in the County Court of Alexanandria. The will bears date on the 17th of June, 1858, and after giving certain property to the children of Eliza L. and Dr. W. W. Hoxton, including all her real estate in Alexandria, and dividing her slaves between her nephew E. Colville Griffith and the children of Eliza L. Hoxton, naming them, she says : “All my landed estate in the county of Westmoreland, in the State of Virginia, to be equally divided between my nephew…
1Opinion of the CourtJoynes, J.
'The only question in this case relates to the construction of the following clause in the will of Sally W. Griffith: “ All my landed estate in the county of Westmoreland, in the State of Virginia, to be equally divided *577between my nephew E. Colville Griffith, and the children of Dr. W. W- Hoxton and Eliza L. Hoxton, namely: Llewellyn G. Hoxton, Sally G. Hoxton, William Hoxton, Mary S. Hoxton and Winslow S. Hoxton.” Mrs. Hoxton was the sister of E. Colville Griffith, and both she and her husband were deád at the date of the will. E. Col-ville Griffith died after the date of the will, and…
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