Merson v. Wood

202 Va. 485 (1961)

BETTY JANE WOOD MERSON

v.

P. M. WOOD, ET AL.

Record No. 5174.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 16, 1961.

H. E. Widener, Jr. (Roy V. Wolfe, Jr.; E. H. Richmond; Widener & Widener; Dishner & Wolfe; Fuller & West, on brief), for the appellant.

E. T. Carter, Jr. and S. W. Coleman, Jr. (Coleman & Coleman; Quillen & Carter, on brief), for the appellees.

Present, Eggleston, C.J., and Spratley, Buchanan, Whittle, Snead and

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