Hillis v. Hamilton
Supreme Court of Virginia
William Hillis the elder died in 1808, having first made his will, which was duly admitted to record in the County court of Bockbridge. By his will he gave to his widow Abigail Hillis his house and lot in the town of Lexington, for her life or until William Hillis his son should come of age; and he gave her his personal estate for life, remainder to William Hillis.
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William Hillis the elder died in 1808, having first made his will, which was duly admitted to record in the County court of Bockbridge. By his will he gave to his widow Abigail Hillis his house and lot in the town of Lexington, for her life or until William Hillis his son should come of age; and he gave her his personal estate for life, remainder to William Hillis. He gave to his son William the house and lot in Lexington upon the death of his mother or upon his coming of age; and he charged it with the payment of three legacies of twenty-five pounds each to his three daughters, the first…
1Opinion of the CourtSamuels, J.
Separating the subject of this suit from the extraneous matter in which it was involved in the bill and subsequent proceedings, the record discloses the following case:
On or before the 4th of September 1820, one Abigail Hillis died, leaving a small personal estate, and leaving her children Mary Laughlin, Abigail Hillis, afterwards the wife of Jacob Haughawont, William Hillis, and her grand daughter Mary Ann Seawright, the female appellee, then and now the wife of Wm. Seawright, her next of kin and distributees. William Hillis qualified as the administrator of his mother’s estate: he died in…
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