Read v. Cather's Adm'r
West Virginia Supreme Court
' Appeal from and supersedeas to a decree of the circuit court of the county of Taylor, rendered on the 10th day of September, 1878, in a cause in said court then pending, wherein John B. Read and others were plaintiffs and Thomas Cather’s administrator and others were defendants, allowed upon the petition of the plaintiffs. Hon. A. B. Fleming, judge of the second judicial circuit, rendered the decree appealed from. The facts of the case appear in the opinion of the court.
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' Appeal from and supersedeas to a decree of the circuit court of the county of Taylor, rendered on the 10th day of September, 1878, in a cause in said court then pending, wherein John B. Read and others were plaintiffs and Thomas Cather’s administrator and others were defendants, allowed upon the petition of the plaintiffs. Hon. A. B. Fleming, judge of the second judicial circuit, rendered the decree appealed from. The facts of the case appear in the opinion of the court. Counsel for appellants insist that it was error ' in the court below not to charge the legacies in favor of the…
1Opinion of the Court
PattoN Judge,
announced the opinion of the court.
Thomas .Cather died 1865 leaving a will, which is as follows to wit:
“I, Thomas Cather, of the county of Taylor, and State of West Virginia, do therefore make, ordain, publish and declare this to be my last will and testament — that is to say:
First. After all my lawful debts are paid, the remainder or residue of my estate, real and personal, I give, bequeath and dispose of as follows, to wit: To my wife, Barbara, her interest and support upon the home-farm. To my daughter, Emily Read, two thousand dollars, to be paid in four equal annual…
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