Supreme Court of Virginia February 15, 1841 (Ware v. W'Candlish)

TUCKER, P.,

delivered the opinion of the court — That under the will of the testator Slaughter, though the appellant Martha was entitled to but a life estate in the slave Lucy, and in her portion of the testator’s residuary estate, she was nevertheless entitled to the absolute ■ property, use and enjoyment of the profits -of - the estate bequeathed to her; and therefore, ’the decree was erroneous