Moorman v. Crockett
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Wythe county, rendered at the March term, 1891, in the chancery cause wherein Susan S. Moorman and others were plaintiffs and Robert Crockett, trustee, was defendant, and in the cause wherein Catherine A. Sayers and others were, complainants and said Crockett, as executor, and others were defendants, consolidated and heard together. The decree being adverse to the complainants in each case, they appealed. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
The suit of S. S. Moorman v. Ro. Crockett, trustee, was brought by the plaintift, S. S. Sayers, before her marriage, alleging that Dr. Robert, Crockett, deceased, was her grandfather, and that she was the S. S. Sayers mentioned in his will, and the defendant, Ro. Crockett, the person mentioned in the said will as his son, and named as trustee for her.
That by the second clause of his will the said Dr. Robert Crockett, deceased, provided as follows:'
“I give and devise to my son, Robert Crockett, in trust for the benefit of my granddaughter, Susan Spiller Sayers, my house in which I now live,…
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