Legal Opinion
Edwards v. Bradley
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided April 27, 1984No. Record No. 810989PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCochran, J.
In this appeal, the question presented to us is whether by certain provisions in her will a testatrix devised a fee simple estate or a life estate in real property therein described.
Viva Parker Lilliston died testate in 1969. Her will dated January 12, 1957, duly probated with a 1958 codicil irrelevant to this case, provided in part as follows:
Item Twelve: I give and devise my farm situated on the Seaside from Locustville, in the County of Accomack, State of Virginia ... to my daughter, Margaret Lilliston Edwards, upon the conditions, set out in Item Fourteen ....
Item Fourteen: all gifts made…
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- Dunlop v. Dunlop's ExecutorsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1926
- Camp v. ClearySupreme Court of Virginia · 1882
- Gray v. FrancisSupreme Court of Virginia · 1924
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