Legal Opinion
Dickenson v. Buck
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 23, 1937PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGregory, J.
On December 20, 1910, Thomas T. Dickenson, a farmer residing in Russell county, Virginia, owned in fee certain real estate situate in that county, and on that date he made his last will, devising certain portions thereof to his son, Henry P. Dickenson, during his life and at his death to his “legal heirs.” Other portions were devised to his daughter.
In 1913, the testator died leaving two children, namely, a son, Henry P. Dickenson, and a daughter, Mary Dickenson, who is now Mary J. L. Buck, one of the defendants. The will was duly probated.
In 1923, Henry P. Dickenson, who was then married,…
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