Wildberger v. Cheek's Ex'or
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeals from a decree of the Corporation Court of the city of Danville, pronounced June 4, 1895, in the chancery cause of Cheelc's Ex'ors v. Cheek's Devisees, instituted for the purpose of having the will of IT illiam E. Cheek construed by the court and the estate administered under the direction of the court, in which suit appellants were defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
*519The appeal in each of those oases is taken from a decree of the Corporation Court of the city of uanville, construing the will of William F. Cheek, deceased, in the suit of Cheek's Ex'ors. v. Cheek's Devisees, &c., and though a separate and distinct question is presented in each, they were argued here together, and will therefore be disposed of in this opinion, in the order named.
In the 4th clause of the will, dated October 20, 1894, the testator bequeathed to his sisters twenty-five thousand dollars, each. One of these sisters was Mrs. Elizabeth Houston, who had died at her home in Tennessee…
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