McCamant v. Nuckolls
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Grayson county, entered at its December term, 1887, in the chancery cause wherein T. J. McOamant and Ellen, his wife, are complainants, and Robert Nuckolls and Lucinda, his wife, F. L. Hale and Nannie, his wife, E. T. Kirby and Mary A., his wife, W. E. Perkins and Lucy, his wife, and' Jackson Higgins, curator of the estate of Jane D. Hale, deceased, were defendants.
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Appeal from decree of circuit court of Grayson county, entered at its December term, 1887, in the chancery cause wherein T. J. McOamant and Ellen, his wife, are complainants, and Robert Nuckolls and Lucinda, his wife, F. L. Hale and Nannie, his wife, E. T. Kirby and Mary A., his wife, W. E. Perkins and Lucy, his wife, and' Jackson Higgins, curator of the estate of Jane D. Hale, deceased, were defendants. The decree construes the wills of Peyton G. Hale, deceased, and of Jane D. Hale as executrix, and being favorable to Nuckolls and wife, the remaining parties obtained an appeal and writ of…
1Opinion of the CourtFauntleroy, J.
Peyton G. Hale died on the 24th of December, 1885, seized and possessed of á considerable real and personal estate, situated in Grayson county, Yirginia, having first made and published his last will and testament, in the words and figures following, to-wit: “I, Peyton G. Hale, being of sound and disposing memory, do make this my last will and testament: 1st. I will and bequeath to my wife, Jane D. Hale, all of my lands lying *333and being in the county of Grayson, except the tract known as the Brown place, to use as she sees proper during her widowhood, and also for her to dispose of as she sees…
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