Legal Opinion
Bayly v. Curlette
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided March 11, 1915PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Fauquier county. Decree for the defendants. Complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
Susan Qualls Curlette died in the year 1879, leaving a will, the provisions of which, so far as pertinent to this controversy, are as follows:
“I give and devise to my grandchildren the present heirs and those that may hereafter be of my son Benjamin EÍliott Curlette of Warrenton, Fauquier county, State of Virginia, my farm on which I now live called Waverly—containing by survey 239% acres, to them the said heirs of B. Elliott Curlette. I also devise and bequeath all the rest and residue of my estate both real and personal to the above said heirs for their education and maintenance to share…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Baldwin's Ex'x v. BaldwinSupreme Court of Virginia · 1882
3Cited by3 opinions
- Burruss v. BaldwinSupreme Court of Virginia · 1958
- Ivey v. LewisSupreme Court of Virginia · 1922
- Nichols v. NicholsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1919