Headrick v. McDowell
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Pittsylvania county, pronounced in a suit in chancery wherein the appellant was the complainant, and the appellees were the defendants.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
Jacob Headrick, "wishing to make an advancement to his son, John 0. Headrick, of the whole of that portion of his estate, both real and personal, which he supposed his son would otherwise receive upon the father’s death, on the 31st of August, 1883, paid to his son, John 0. Headrick, the sum of $850, and in consideration thereof John 0. Headrick forever relinquished all interest in and claim to any portion of the estate which' Jacob Headrick then owned or might thereafter acquire, and as to which he might die intestate. This advancement on the part…
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