Robert P. Wright, executor of the late Thomas Wright, seeks the court's assistance in settling the bequests of his testator. He admits that he is "embarrassed in the administration of the estate of his testator in consequence of the conflicting claims of the legatees." He further represents that the controversy centers around a slave named Charlotte. Wright reports that the said will devises Charlotte and her children then living to the widow Susannah. He further cites that Charlotte "has had two other children ... between the date of the said will and the death of the said Testator and the said Susannah claims that she is entitled to the two last named slaves," contending that "it was the clear intention of the testator to give to her the said slave Charlotte and all the children she then had or might at any time afterward have." The petitioner notes that "the residuary legatees on the other hand claim" that Susannah has no right to children born during the aforesaid period. He therefore prays that the court will properly construct the will and settle the legatees' disputes. Wright also states that a wagon, blacksmith's tools, a saw, and the grain crop are in dispute.
Result: Partially granted.
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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
