Seefried v. Clarke
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Henrico county. Decree for the complainant. Defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
Mary Carter, of the county of Henrico, left a will by which •she appointed her husband, Thomas J. Carter, her executor, and by the second clause bequeathed to him, “his heirs, administrators, ■or assigns, all of my estate, real and personal, with one simple request,- that the said estate be divided with my children, or its ■equivalents, as his better judgment may direct.”
This will was admitted to record, and Thomas J. Carter took possession under it of the entire estate. On the 15th day of April, 1907, he made a deed by which he conveyed to…
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