Legal Opinion
Redford v. Booker
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 11, 1936PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
On February 4, 1933, Mrs. Lillian A. Redford, whose maiden name was Dyson, died childless and without direct descendants. She was then sixty-eight or sixty-nine years old, lived in Richmond and had for many years conducted a successful boarding house there. When quite young she married Mr. Nick Redford. After his death she married Mr. Macon Cease. They were divorced and she resumed the name of Redford. In January, 1932, she executed this will:
“I, LILLIAN A. REDFORD, of the City of Richmond, Virginia, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do hereby make, publish and declare this my…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- In Re the Will of PutnamNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
- Conley v. NailorSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Riggsby v. TrittonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1925
- Llewellyn's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929
- Orr v. PenningtonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1896
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Ferguson v. FergusonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1937
- Martin v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1988
- Brooks v. WorthingtonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1965
- Gilmer v. BrownSupreme Court of Virginia · 1947
- Cook v. HaydenSupreme Court of Virginia · 1944
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