Corprew v. Corprew
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of hustings court of Portsmouth city, rendered June 22d, 1885, in a suit wherein George A. Corprew was complainant and Mary E. Corprew and others were defendants. The court below dismissed the bill on the ground that the will thereby sought to be set aside had been conclusively established by a decree of the same court rendered in a former suit between the same parties. Erorn this decree the said George A. Corprew appealed to this court.
1Opinion of the CourtFauntleroy, J.
*600The facts presented by the record ar.e as follows: E. G-. Corprew died in 1881, having duly executed his last will and testament, leaving his widow, Mary E. Corprew, a son, the appellant, George A. Corprew, and an adopted daughter, Cordelia Robertson, who afterwards intermarried with Taliaferro Watson. By his said will, he disposed of his real estate and bank stock, but dying intestate as to his other personalty. The said will, wholly written and signed by the testator, was duly admitted to probate, and Thomas R. Golding qualified as administrator, a. t. a., and took charge of the personal…
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