Hood v. Haden
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Botetourt county, rendered June 28,1884, in the cause of E. O. Haden’s executor against E. O. Haden’s legatees, and the cross-cause of J. M. Hood and wife against E. O. Haden’s executor and others. The decree of the circuit court being adverse to Mrs. Hood and husband, they appealed to this court.
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
On the 17th of October, 1869, Richard G. Haden, of Botetourt county, died testate, leaving a large and valuable estate. His will, among other things, contains a clause as follows: “I give to my wife, Eloise O. Haden, -all my property of every kind, in fee-simple, to be held by her without division during her life, only using or dividing the annual income from crops or interest received at any time before her death. At her death to leave to our children such sums or portions as the circumstances then existing may in her estimation think it best to…
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