Siron v. Ruleman's ex'or
Supreme Court of Virginia
This was a suit in equity in the circuit court of land county, brought in August, 1875, by Jacob Ruleman, surviving executor of Christian Ruleman, deceased, subject certain land devised by the said Christian Rule-man to his son Henry, to the payment of a charge of $1,000, put upon the land by the will of the testator.
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This was a suit in equity in the circuit court of land county, brought in August, 1875, by Jacob Ruleman, surviving executor of Christian Ruleman, deceased, subject certain land devised by the said Christian Rule-man to his son Henry, to the payment of a charge of $1,000, put upon the land by the will of the testator. The will was admitted to probate in February, 1854. Henry Ruleman sold and conveyed the land to Harvey M. Jordan, and Jordan sold and conveyed it to Jonathan Siron. Jordan being dead, his administrator, and heirs, Henry Ruleman and Siron, were made defendants to the bill. Siron…
1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.
This case, among other matters, involves the construction of the will of Christian Ruleman, deceased. It would seem that the will was not written by the testator. This is to be inferred from the fact, that his signature thereto was written by some other person, and that he adopted it by making'his mark. It was attested and proved, by three subscribing witnesses. The scrivener, whoever he was, must have been quite illiterate. The instrument is very awkwardly and inartificially drawn. Whatever obscurity and ambiguity there may be about it, however, one thing seems clear: that it was the…
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