Thomas v. First National Bank
Supreme Court of Virginia
1Opinion of the CourtChinn, J.
The appellant, Florence S. Thomas, is the widow of J. M. Thomas, who died in the city of Danville on November 28, 1934. The couple had been married thirty-one years and had no children.
*500On July 9, 1929, the decedent wrote a will in his own handwriting, naming the First National Bank of Danville, the appellee, as his executor, and giving his wife certain real estate and personal effects, an income of $500 peT month, and further providing that she should have the power to will away half of his estate remaining at hex* death, the rest of it to be divided among his brothers and sisters. On March…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Thomas' Adm'r v. LewisSupreme Court of Virginia · 1892
- Johnson v. ColleySupreme Court of Virginia · 1903
- Yancey v. FieldSupreme Court of Virginia · 1889
- Carradine v. Estate of CarradineMississippi Supreme Court · 1880
- Shankle v. SpahrCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1917
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