Collins v. Feather
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Preston County. Bill by Flora Collins and others against Joseph Feather’s executors and others. Decree for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
PoeeenbaeghR, Judge: '
The only question brought up on this appeal, is the construction of the fourth clause of the will of Joseph Feather. .Tt arises upon a bill to surcharge and falsify a settlement made by the executors of the will. Upon that bill, the court decreed a distribution per stirpes of the residuum of the personal estate, disposed of by said fourth clause. Insisting that said distribution should have been per capita, the plaintiffs have appealed from the decree.
The testator died July 1, 1896, owning a large amount of property, both real and personal, leaving surviving him Lydia…
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