Carr v. Effinger

Citations

• 78 Va. 197
• 1883 Va. LEXIS 28

Syllabus

<p>Wills-Construction-Case at bar.-Testator gave annuity of $100 to his móther, “to be paid out of the money arising from the bonds due me,” and then provided as follows : “What money or bonds I have in possession, or judgments due me, I leave unto my beloved wife to be collected, should she think it best, and vested in Confederate bonds, or loaned out at interest. Out of the interest thus arising 'my wife is to pay to my mother the $100 annually so long as my mother shall live, ......and the remainder of the interest thus arising is to be used by my wife for her own benefit. I also leave to my wife five shares of stock in the O & A R R, which she is to sell at such time as she may think proper and invest the proceeds in Confederate bonds or loan it out at interest for her benefit.......At the death of my wife, what bonds she may not have used I give to my two sisters, C T and L E, and the children of their bodies.”</p> <p>Held :</p> <p>The wife takes an absolute estate in the property, subject to the charge of the annuity to the mother. May v. Joynes, 20 Gratt, 692.</p>