Waring v. Bosher's Adm'r
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decrees of the Circuit Court of King William county, pronounced June 5, 1894, and October 2, 1894. This was a suit in chancery instituted in the Circuit Court of King William county by Thomas F. Waring and Ella F. his wife, who, before her marriage, was Ella F. Bosher, against the administrator, with the will annexed, of William Bosher, deceased, and others.
Read the full summary
Appeal from decrees of the Circuit Court of King William county, pronounced June 5, 1894, and October 2, 1894. This was a suit in chancery instituted in the Circuit Court of King William county by Thomas F. Waring and Ella F. his wife, who, before her marriage, was Ella F. Bosher, against the administrator, with the will annexed, of William Bosher, deceased, and others. The object of the suit was to have the will of William Bosher, deceased, construed, and to have delivered to the female complainant forty-five shares of stock of the Virginia Eire and Marine Insurance Company, charged to have…
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The last will and testament of William Bosher, which was probated in the County Court of King William county, February 23, 1885, devises, by the first clause thereof, a tract of land to his daughter Martha Ann Dabney.
By the second clause he provides for his daughters Mary Jane Smoot and Margaret R. Bosher, by giving to them, or the survivor of them, the plantation on which he resided, with all his household and kitchen furniture, money on hand, hoises, cows, and fanning tools, and “all income from the ferry and all other sources during their lives,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Wootton v. Redd's ex'orSupreme Court of Virginia · 1855
- Hall v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1893
3Cited by19 opinions
- Allison v. Allison's ExecutorsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1903
- Martin v. DialTexas Commission of Appeals · 1933
- Behrens v. BaumannWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1909
- Wildberger v. Cheek's Ex'orSupreme Court of Virginia · 1897
- Paiko v. BoeynaemsHawaii Supreme Court · 1914
14 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.