Withers' Adm'r v. Sims
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Pittsylvania county, rendered December 15th, 1882, in tbe chancery suit wherein W. H. Sims and wife, John R. Wilson and George W. Clark and others are plaintiffs, and E. D. Withers in Ms own right and as administrator of Edward Withers, deceased, Charles C. Miller, executor of George W. Withers, J. D. Blair, adm’r c. t. a. of George Wilson, deceased, William Thomas and others, are defendants.
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Appeal from decree of circuit court of Pittsylvania county, rendered December 15th, 1882, in tbe chancery suit wherein W. H. Sims and wife, John R. Wilson and George W. Clark and others are plaintiffs, and E. D. Withers in Ms own right and as administrator of Edward Withers, deceased, Charles C. Miller, executor of George W. Withers, J. D. Blair, adm’r c. t. a. of George Wilson, deceased, William Thomas and others, are defendants. The object of this suit is to construe the will of George Wilson, deceased, and to recover the property bequeathed and devised thereby to his grandsons, Geúi’ge W.…
1Opinion of the Court
HintoN, J.,
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.
By tbe second clause of bis will, George Wilson, of tbe comity of Pittsylvania, who died many years ago, made the following devise and bequest:
“ Second. After the death of my wife, I give to my executors, hereinafter named, in trust for my grandchildren, George W. Withers and Edward Withers, the tract of land and all of the personal property devised in the above clause to my wife for life, and also two-thirds of any debts or stock due me, or of any money on hand at my death. The property named or referred to in this clause is to be held by my…
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