Swan v. Swan's
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Chancery Court of the city of Richmond construing a will.
1Opinion of the Court
Kelly, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The ultimate questions to be decided in this controversy must be determined, either wholly or in large part, by a construction of the will of Lewis H. Swan, deceased. Before coming to these questions it seems essential to make a somewhat lengthy statement of facts leading up to the situation of the testator and the objects of his bounty at the .time he made the will, and of certain other facts developing after his death which throw light upon his testamentary scheme.
Lewis H. Swan was married in 1887 to Cora Bennett. For some years after their…
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