Skipwith v. Cabell's ex'or
Court of Appeals of Virginia
This was a bill filed in January 1868, in the Circuit court of Nelson county, by D. J. Hartsook, executor of Mary W. Cabell, deceased, to obtain a construction of certain clauses of her will and the codicils thereto, and to have the direction of the court in the administration of the estate. The legatees interested in the clauses, which were supposed to be of doubtful construction, and the next of kin, so far as they were known, were made parties defendants.
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This was a bill filed in January 1868, in the Circuit court of Nelson county, by D. J. Hartsook, executor of Mary W. Cabell, deceased, to obtain a construction of certain clauses of her will and the codicils thereto, and to have the direction of the court in the administration of the estate. The legatees interested in the clauses, which were supposed to be of doubtful construction, and the next of kin, so far as they were known, were made parties defendants. Mrs. Cabell was the widow of the late Joseph C. Cabell, of Nelson county, and she died in that county in December 1861. She was the…
1Opinion of the CourtJoynes, J.
These are three several appeals in the same case. The bill was filed by H. J. Hartsook, executor of Mrs. Mary W. Cabell, dec’d, against her legatees and distributees, for the purpose of obtaining the advice and direction of the court, in his administration of the estate, and especially in respect to the construction and effect of certain provisions of the will and codicils of the testatrix. The first two appeals are from the decree *782of the District court affirming interlocutory decrees of the Circuit court. The last appeal is from the first decree of the Circuit court. The various questions…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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