Jesser v. Armentrout's Ex'or
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Augusta county, pronounced June 11, 1901, in a suit in chancery wherein the personal representative 'and heirs of Rebecca E. Armentrout (appellees) were the complainants, and the appellants and others were the defendants. The subject matter in controversy, and the relations of the parties thereto will probably be best understood from the statements of the hill, and it is accordingly set forth below.
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Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Augusta county, pronounced June 11, 1901, in a suit in chancery wherein the personal representative 'and heirs of Rebecca E. Armentrout (appellees) were the complainants, and the appellants and others were the defendants. The subject matter in controversy, and the relations of the parties thereto will probably be best understood from the statements of the hill, and it is accordingly set forth below. Rebecca E. Armentrout left a will, by which, after the payment of her debts, she gave pecuniary legacies amounting to $325 to the “trustees of S't.…
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
O. S. Strole and others, claiming as devisees under the will of Rebecca Armentrout, filed their bill in the Circuit Court of Aug’usta county, in which they 'allege that Jacob H. Armentrout purchased of Emanuel 'Miller a farm containing twenty-five acres, which was conveyed to him by. deed of October 10, 1868; that Rebecca E. 'Armentrout, wife of Jacob, lived >and died in the belief that this property stood in her name, and was “hers absolutely; that it was bought with her money, derived from her father’s estate, and that her right to control and…
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