Morris v. Bernard
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Campbell county. Decree for the complainant. One of the defendants appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
By deed dated April 13, 1855, of record in the clerk’s office of the County Court of Campbell county, Edwin B. Page conveyed to John D. Alexander, trustee, a tract of land in said county, containing about ten acres, for the use and benefit of Barnet and Ann B. Finch during their lives and the life of the survivor of either of them, “and after the death of both, the said Barnet and Ann B. Finch, then for the sole separate and exclusive use and benefit of the said Panthea S. V. Finch and the heirs of her body free from the control of her husband when…
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