Ramsey v. Dodd

On January 23, 1911, a paper writing purporting to be the will of S. P. Ramsey, deceased, was admitted to probate by the clerk of the Circuit Court of Nelson county. There was no appeal from the clerk’s order, as provided by Virginia Code 1904, section 2639-a; but on May 11, 1911, the appellants, as heirs at law of the decedent, filed a bill in equity under section 2544, in the Circuit Court of Nelson county, to impeach the will. In that suit the court *296ordered an issue devisavit vel non, upon which issue the jury found that the paper in question was the true last will and testament of S. P.…