Roneys v. Roneys
Supreme Court of Virginia
Thomas Roney, late of JDimoiddie, by his last will and testament, after making some specific devises and bequests, devised and bequeathed as follows: “ I will and require that my wife Rebecca Roney shall have the use and profits of all and every part or parts of my estate, be it of what nature or kind soever, not before disposed of, for and during her widowhood, in order to support a,nd bring up her children, desiring that she shah share out such part to each child as they…
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Thomas Roney, late of JDimoiddie, by his last will and testament, after making some specific devises and bequests, devised and bequeathed as follows: “ I will and require that my wife Rebecca Roney shall have the use and profits of all and every part or parts of my estate, be it of what nature or kind soever, not before disposed of, for and during her widowhood, in order to support a,nd bring up her children, desiring that she shah share out such part to each child as they shall come of age as shall seem most convenient, in order to keep them along, making them as equal as she can ; and after…
1Opinion of the CourtCarr, J.
In the construction of wills, we must always keep in mind, that the property is the testator’s own; that his control over it is only limited by the law; that he may give it in equal or unequal portions among his children, or disinherit, at his will or caprice, any or all of them. We are not to make up our opinion as to what seems to us a just distribution, and then bend the will to suit our own conceptions; but to ascertain from his words, the meaning of the testator, and make that our law, 'wherever it does not violate some rule of the general law. I make these remarks, because, at' the…
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