Jinkins v. Lawrence

Citations

• 86 Va. 35
• 9 S.E. 417
• 1889 Va. LEXIS 5

Syllabus

<p>Wills—Devise—Construction—Case at bar.—Testator owned two distinct lots, numbered 712 and 714, with houses on them, separated by a space consisting of 5 feet of 714 and 141 feet of 712, a fence being on the dividing-line. The 5 feet were paved as an alley to 714 as a side entrance when he bought the property as one. He devised his two brick houses and lots, and the vacant lots between them, to defendants. Later, he by codicil devised the brick house and lot 712, and the vacant lot between it and 714, to complainants: held, the codicil did not revoke the devise as to the 5-foot alley, which passed to defendants as part of 714.</p>