Rust v. Reid
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Corporation Court of city of Staunton. Decree for defendants. Complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.
The bill in this case was filed under section 2544 of the Code by the next of kin of Frederick G. Rust, deceased, praying an issue devisavit vel non to determine whether a writing which has been admitted to probate as his will was the true last will and testament of the decedent. The will was contested on the ground (1) of the insanity of the testator at the time of its execution, (2) of undue influence exerted over him by the beneficiaries, and (3) of the insane delusion of the testator that his father and his father’s family had placed him in insane hospitals and kept him there in order to…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Kerr v. LunsfordWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1888
- McCue v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1905
- State v. StentzWashington Supreme Court · 1902
- Hardin v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1898
- Wallen v. WallenSupreme Court of Virginia · 1907
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- Parsons v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1924
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