Jackson v. Hewlett
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Chancery Court of the city of Richmond. From a decree refusing to set up a lost will and giving the estate to the heir, the legatee appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
This suit was brought in the Chancery Court of the city of Richmond by the curators of the estate of William B. Williams, deceased, to the end that the court might adjudicate and determine the persons entitled to such estate and their respective rights therein.
The record shows that William B. Williams, who was advanced in years, died at his home in the city of Richmond on the 7th day of April, 1909, possessed of real and personal property which was appraised at $23,830.28, leaving surviving him a daughter, Mary P. Brown, who was born in lawful wedlock; one illegitimate daughter, Gertrude…
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