Harrison v. Haskins
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Creed Haskins of the county of Brunswick, died in the year 1848, leaving an olo-graph will, which contained the following provisions: “I, Creed Haskins, of sound mind and disposing memory, do hereby make my last will and testament, in manner and form following, to wit: I give to the child of my deceased daughter Julia, the following ne-groes: John (Reese) and his wife Delily, and all of their children and their increase.
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Creed Haskins of the county of Brunswick, died in the year 1848, leaving an olo-graph will, which contained the following provisions: “I, Creed Haskins, of sound mind and disposing memory, do hereby make my last will and testament, in manner and form following, to wit: I give to the child of my deceased daughter Julia, the following ne-groes: John (Reese) and his wife Delily, and all of their children and their increase. Be it distinctly understood, that if the child of my daughter Julia should die under the age of twenty-one years, then the *said negroes to revert back to my heirs that may…
1Opinion of the CourtTyeer, J.
The appellant, Julia A. M. Harrison, instituted this suit in the Circuit Court of Brunswick county, to recover a specific legacy which she claimed under the will of her grandfather, Dr. Creed Haskins. It appears from the record, that R. K. Meade, Esq., the grandfather of the appellant’s mother, had left to his granddaughter Julia, who was the daughter of Dr. Creed Haskins, a legacy, which, at the date of the decree in this cause, amounted toil,073 49, with interest on $912 66 from the 31st of December, 1848. Julia, the daughter of Dr. Creed Haskins, died before her father, and her husband, R.…
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