Randolph v. Wright
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of city of Richmond, rendered December 24,1881, in an action of ejectment wherein Phineas C. Wright and Rosina M. C., his wife, were plaintiffs, and Norman Y. Randolph, the plaintiff in error, was defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
The testatrix, Caroline M. R. Johnson, died on the 6th day of June, 1849, seized in fee of the premises in dispute. By her will, which was probated in the county court of Chesterfield county August 13, 1849, which was executed on the 25th day of January, 1843, she provided as to this property: “I dispose and appoint as follows—that is to say, two-thirds thereof to my dutiful son, Edward A. Johnson, and his heirs forever; one-third, or the balance, to my son, Philip T. Johnson, and his heirs forever. * * * As to my unnatural daughter, Rosina M. C. Martin, she is not to heir one cent of my…
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