Legal Opinion

Willcox v. Willcox

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided March 14, 1907PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from a decree in chancery of the Circuit Court of Charles City county. Decree for one of defendants. The complainants and some of the defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

Keith, P.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case arises out of the construction of the will of James M. Willcox. So much of which is necessary to the determination of the question before us is as follows:

“Fourthly. I loan unto my wife, Virginia C. Willcox, during her natural life, or so long as she remain my widow, my farm Buckland, on which I now reside, together with the tract of land adjacent thereto called and known as the ‘Bog tract’; also my household and kitchen furniture, farming implements, machines, and so forth, on the Buckland farm; also my stock of horses, cattle, mules and…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Cooke v. . MeekerNew York Court of Appeals · 1867
  2. Kent v. DunhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
  3. Addams v. HeffernanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1840
  4. Estate of BrotzmanPennsylvania Orphans' Court, Northampton County · 1890

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Parsons v. ParsonsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1937

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