Jewett v. Harvie

This suit was instituted by the filing of a bill of complaint by Armistead T. Harvie and W. S. Moorefield, substituted trustees under the will of John T. Jones, deceased, seeking among other things the construction of the testator’s will. The will, in its entirety, reads as follows (The paragraphs were not numbered by testator but are numbered here for more convenient reference.):

1. “I give, devise and bequeath to my sister, Mrs. Mary J. Jewett, the sum of one thousand and five hundred dollars, and to my nephew, Jeremiah J. Jewett, the sum óf one thousand dollars, and to my nephew, John W.…