Neilson v. Brett
Supreme Court of Virginia
'Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Augusta county pronounced June 27, 1900, in a suit in chancery under the style of Donaghe’s Ex’or v. Donaghe and others, in which appellants, Kate C. Neilson, in her own right and as executrix in New York of Mary B. Gaunt and N. C. Watts, Sheriff of Augusta county, and as such administrator in Virginia with the will of said Mary B. Gaunt, filed their petition.
1Opinion of the Court
Buchanan, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.. The questions presented by petition for appeal in this case involve ■the construction of the fifth clause of the will of W. W. Donaghe, Sr. By the third clause he directs that his estate, subject to the provisions of the first and second clauses, be divided *675equally among Ms five cMldren; the children of a deceased ■daughter taMng the share of their mother.
The fourth and fifth clauses are as follows:
“Fourth. The share falling in such division to my daughter, Anne E. Gray, shall be held by my executors in trust for her sole and separate use so…
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