5 Munf. 440 | Va. | 1817
March 1st, 1817.
pronounced the Court's opinion.
“ The Court is of opinion, (hat, although a devise to a married woman, ‘ and her children, and their heirs,11 will give a joint estate of inheritance to her and such of her children as are living at the time ; and although the term e childrerd is not to be taken as synonymous with issue, except to effectuate the manifest intention of the Testator 5 the said term is
“ On the ground of this construction, the Court approve* the Decree dismissing the Bill, and affirms it.”