Legal Opinion

Ferguson v. Ferguson

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided September 23, 1937PublishedCited by 70 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSpratley, J.

This suit was instituted on the 12th day of July, 1935, by C. M. Ferguson, A. L. Ferguson and Martha Fletcher against Thomas Smith, H. B. Ferguson and W. S. Ferguson, for the purpose of contesting the will of Ida J. Ferguson, deceased, which had been admitted to probate ex parte before the clerk of the Circuit Court of Scott county. W. S. Ferguson was the husband of the late Ida J. Ferguson and the other parties were her children. At the time of her death, Mrs. Ferguson and her husband owned a farm of one hundred and thirty acres, worth between twenty-five hundred and three thousand dollars,…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. State v. MinesWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Allen v. Mottley Construction Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1933
  3. Fishburne & Wife v. Ferguson's HeirsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1887
  4. Hartman v. StricklerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1886
  5. Redford v. BookerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1936

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3Cited by70 opinions

  1. Smith v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1978
  2. Vest v. CobbWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1953
  3. Duffy v. HartsockSupreme Court of Virginia · 1948
  4. Starnes v. CayouetteSupreme Court of Virginia · 1992
  5. Phipps v. SutherlandSupreme Court of Virginia · 1959

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