John Archer v. Mary Deneale
Supreme Court of the United States
THIS was an appeal, by the. complainants, in a bill, filed in the Circuit Court for the county of Alexandria, - upon which a decree was rendered in favour of the defendants,” appellees in this Court. . The complainants by their bill sought to make the real estate of George Deneale'liable for the payment of their debt.
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THIS was an appeal, by the. complainants, in a bill, filed in the Circuit Court for the county of Alexandria, - upon which a decree was rendered in favour of the defendants,” appellees in this Court. . The complainants by their bill sought to make the real estate of George Deneale'liable for the payment of their debt. They set.forth, that-they ,have,a subsisting judgment against the ex--eculrix of George Deneale; for' the sum of §7957'58,, besides interest and costs. ■ That, this judgment, was founded bn a contract between James Deneale and George Deneale, and the testator of the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Marshall
This suit was brought in the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia, sitting in the county of Alexandria, to subject the lands of George Deneale to the payment of a debt for which he. was surety. The sole question arises on the construction of his will. The'complainants contend, that it charges his lands with his debts.
By his will, the testator gives to his wife “ all his estate real and personal, during .her life, for the use and purpose of raising and educating his children,' until they respectively are twenty-one.” He directs, that each child shall, at that age, become entitled to an…
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