Jones v. Jones' Ex'or
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Mecklenburg county pronounced December 6, 1897, in a suit in chancery wherein the appellee, Jones’ Ex’or, was the complainant, and the appellant and others were the defendants.
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Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Mecklenburg county pronounced December 6, 1897, in a suit in chancery wherein the appellee, Jones’ Ex’or, was the complainant, and the appellant and others were the defendants. The deed construed by the court was in the following words and figures: “This deed, made and entered into this the 7th day February, 1883, by and between J. Wesley Jones, of the county of Mecklenburg, and State of Virginia, of the first part, and Thomas N. Jones, of the county of Charlofcte, and State of Virginia (who is hereby appointed trustee for Mary E. Jones and her…
1Opinion of the CourtRiely, J.
By deed of February 7, 1883, a certain tract of land was conveyed by J. Wesley Jones to Thomas E. Jones, trustee, for the benefit of Mary E. Jones (the wife of the grantor) and any child or children who might be thereafter born of their marriage, and the absolute power expressly vested in her by the deed to sell or exchange the property by the trustee’s uniting in the conveyance.
The court is of opinion that the wife took under the deed the entire interest in the land, to the exclusion of the children. *751This conclusion is in conformity to a long line of decisions made in similar cases, in which…
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