Legal Opinion
Smith v. Smith
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided March 9, 1911PublishedCited by 17 opinions
Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Alexandria, on a motion to probate a will. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
This writ of error brings here for review a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Alexandria, admitting to probate in that court a pencil writing claimed to be the last will and testament of George T. Smith, deceased.
The writing in question is on the front page of a book issued by the Southern Railway Company to' its employees, in which the employee was to keep certain records as to trains, and is as follows:
“Dec. 24, 1900 Every thing is Lous
“G. T. Smith, 314 South Patrick St. Ax Va.”
It appears that G. T. Smith was childless and died in the city of Alexandria in December, 1908,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Burke v. Lee & WifeSupreme Court of Virginia · 1882
- Daniel v. VealSupreme Court of Georgia · 1861
- McBride v. McBrideSupreme Court of Virginia · 1875
3Cited by17 opinions
- In Re Estate of SpitzerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1925
- Estate of SargavakCalifornia Supreme Court · 1950
- Poindexter v. JonesSupreme Court of Virginia · 1958
- Nelson v. NelsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1930
- Grimes v. CrouchSupreme Court of Virginia · 1940
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