Poindexter v. Jones
Supreme Court of Virginia
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
On May 13, 1956, Maude R. Snyder died, and on December 20, 1956, the clerk of the circuit court admitted to probate two holographic writings dated respectively March 8, 1938, and March 27, 1939, as the last will and testament of Maude R. Snyder, deceased.
Edith J. Poindexter is beneficiary under these two testamentary papers and for identification they are hereinafter referred to at times as the 1938 and 1939 wills.
On May 29, 1957, George L. Dovel, Olin A. Dovel and others, some of the heirs and distributees of Maude R. Snyder appealed from the order of probate and asserted that two cancelled…
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