Ginter's Executors v. Shelton
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decrees of the Circuit Court of Henrico county, pronounced in a chancery suit, wherein the appellee, Shelton, suing on behalf of himself and others, was the complainant, and the appellants and others were the defendants.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion, of the court.
J. B. Shelton, suing on behalf of himself and all others who might come in and contribute their proportion of the costs, filed his bill in the Circuit Court of Henrico county, asking the construction of codicil Ho. 5 of the will of Lewis Ginter, deceased, by which he bequeathed to certain persons therein named specific sums of money, and then uses the following language: “To all
servants in my employ at the time of my death fifty dollars each.” Quite a large number claimed the benefit of this provision, and by the decree of the Circuit Court the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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