Goldsborough v. Washington
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Mathews county. Decree for the defendants. Complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
The question involved in this appeal is: What estate did the children of William H. Roy by his second marriage take under his will in the property devised therein? He left surviving him two daughters by his first marriage, a widow — his wife by a second marriage — and three infant daughters by that marriage.
The provisions of the will, which is a long one, most material to the question before the court are as follows:
1. “I am anxious to make my wife comfortable, and shall endeavor so to provide, and in construing my meaning, that should always be referred to.”
2. “I direct that my wife be…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Chapman v. ChapmanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1894
- Crews' Adm'r v. HatcherSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
- Vaughan v. Vaughan'sSupreme Court of Virginia · 1899
- Janney v. SpriggCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1848
- Commonwealth v. CookMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1846
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