Milhollen v. Rice
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from a decree, rendered in the circuit court of Monroe county, on the 17th (Jay of May, 1876, in a cause in chancery, in which A. N. Campbell, administrator d, b. n. e. t. a. was plaintiff, and John Rice and others were defendants, allowed on petition of said Campbell. Hon. Homer A. Holt, Judge of the eighth judicial circuit, rendered the decree appealed from.
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Appeal from a decree, rendered in the circuit court of Monroe county, on the 17th (Jay of May, 1876, in a cause in chancery, in which A. N. Campbell, administrator d, b. n. e. t. a. was plaintiff, and John Rice and others were defendants, allowed on petition of said Campbell. Hon. Homer A. Holt, Judge of the eighth judicial circuit, rendered the decree appealed from. GreeN, PRESIDENT, furnishes the following statement of the case: William Milhollen made his will, January 19,-1837, and died shortly afterwards, leaving a widow, Eleanor Milhollen, but no children. He had two brothers and four…
1Opinion of the Court
GreeN, PRESIDENT,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
William Milhollen died in 1837, leaving a wife but no descendants. He made a will, the true interpretation of which is sought by his personal representative, who instituted this suit for that purpose. By this will the testator appointed his wife his executrix, and bequeathed to her two negroes during her natural life, and directed, that after her death they should be sold, and their pro-*519ccecls to go to bis heirs. The residue of his personal estate he gave to his wife, “to use o.r dispose of at her' discretion during her natural life; ” and…
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