Bresee v. Bradfield
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from two decrees of the Circuit Court of Loudoun county, pronounced April 26, 1899, and January 19, 1900, respectively, in a suit in chancery, wherein the appellees were the complainants, and the appellant and others were the defendants.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
Bresee purchased a tract of land in the county of Loudoun for $19,000, which was conveyed to him by deed dated July 7, 1886, as trustee for the benefit of H. B. Falle, wife of H. B. Falle, during her life, free from the debts, contracts, and control of her husband, and, after her death, to pass in fee simple, discharged of the trust, to her heirs. The land was valuable and well improved, and after it passed into the possession of Mrs. Falle and her husband, other valuable improvements were placed upon it, and, on September 30, 1897, Mrs. Falle and…
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