Kinnaird v. Miller's ex'or
Supreme Court of Virginia
Samuel Miller, of the county of Campbell, died on the 27th of March, 1869. He had never been married, and his only brother had died before him. He left a very large estate, both real and personal.
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Samuel Miller, of the county of Campbell, died on the 27th of March, 1869. He had never been married, and his only brother had died before him. He left a very large estate, both real and personal. His real estate was estimated at $75,000, and his personal estate, consisting almost entirely of public bonds, was appraised at $1,250,150.92. He left a will which was ma(^e *n 1859, and was admitted to probate in the Circuit court of the city of Richmond in June 1869; and Nicholas M. Page qualified as executor thereof. There were numerous bequests to indiv^ua^sl an Between the time of making his…
1Opinion of the Court
Monguee, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The many controversies which have arisen in regard to the construction of Samuel Miller’s will, seem to have been settled by compromise between the parties ■concerned, with a single exception, viz: whether the 25th clause of the said will is a valid disposition of the residuum of his estate as against his heir or heirs-at-law ? That question, however, is a most important *111one, as it involves the title to almost the whole of the immense estate of which said Miller died seized and possessed, and as upon its solution against the heir or heirs the…
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