Harrison v. Garnett
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of Madison county rendered August 16, 1889, in tlie matter of a motion made by J. K. Garnett to liave a committee appointed to take charge of the person and property of Elizabeth Harrison. The circuit court adjudged her insane and appointed X. tí. Crisler as her committee. She brought the ease here upou error and supersedeas.
1Opinion of the CourtEauntlgroy, J.
It appears from the record that the plaintiff in error, Elizabeth Harrison, is the widow of Thomas X. Harrison, of Madison county, Virginia, who died in the latter part of July or the *764first part of August, 1889, leaving an estate worth, after the payment of his debts, about $60,000, consisting of $30,000 of personalty, and of realty estimated at $25,000 or $30,000. He left no children, nor descendants; and his wife was seventy-two or seventy-three years of age. He made his will on the 11th day of July, 1889, only a few days before his death, in which he provides for his wife, as follows : “…
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