Layne v. Boggs

BY JUDGE PAUL M. PEATROSS, JR.

Ruth Boggs died on November 30, 1991, leaving a will dated November 3, 1980, which was admitted to probate before the Clerk of the Circuit Court on December 16, 1991. The will made specific bequests of $102,500.00 and various personal property and contained the following paragraph:

Fifth: I direct that my Executor offer to sell to S. C. Sloan, if he survives me, my home at 1325 Kenwood Lane, Charlottesville, Virginia, for the sum of $70,500.00 in cash, or at the price of the last fair market value appraisal for real estate tax purposes, whichever is lower. Said S.…