Thomas v. Best

A writing purporting to be the last will of Lucy Best Dobski was admitted to probate by the Clerk of the Corporation Court of the City of Norfolk on August 3, 1964 in an ex parte proceeding under Code § 64-73. On March 29, 1965 Jasper Best, Frank Best and Clara Best Buck, three of the decedent’s brothers and sisters, brought this suit devisavit vel non under Code § 64-84 to impeach the will.

The complainants alleged in their bill that the writing previously admitted to probate was not the true will of Lucy Best Dobslci and that she had died intestate. They alleged further that her estate…