Biedler v. Biedler

Citations

• 87 Va. 300
• 12 S.E. 753
• 1891 Va. LEXIS 70

Syllabus

<p>1. Devise to Heibs—Descent—Purchase.—Where testator devises property to his heir to take effect in the same manner as he would take as heir, he is regarded as taking by descent, and not by purchase.</p> <p>2. Will—Construction—Advancements.—Where testator devises certain land to his two sons and directs the residue to be disposed of as the law directs: held, it was his intention to equalize the two sons with his other children to whom gifts had been previously made, and not that the devise should operate as an advancement to be brought into hotchpot under Code, sec. 2561.</p>