Tate v. Chumbley
Supreme Court of Virginia
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
Margaret S. Tate, an unmarried woman about ninety years of age, a patient in the Southwestern State Hospital, Marion, Virginia, died in that institution on November 30, 1947.
The object of this litigation is to determine, which, if either, of two paper writings, both being testamentary in character, dated respectively April 27, 1915, and November 29, 1916, each of which undertakes to dispose of her entire estate, constitutes her last will and testament.
The will of April 27, 1915, hereinafter referred to as the Dobyns will, leaves all of her property to T. M. Dobyns, Sr., with the exception of…
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