Wood v. Adamson

By Judge Melvin R. Hughes, Jr.

Defendant’s motion to disqualify plaintiffs’ counsel is before the court for decision. The facts taken from the motion for judgment and those mentioned during a hearing on the motion are summarized.

The beneficiaries of a will admitted to probate in Louisa County have brought this action against the former administrator of the estate alleging fraud and seeking money damages;

Henry E. Batcheller died in Louisa County in January 1996 and defendant Adamson qualified as administrator of the estate. Several months later, Linda Williams, a friend of Batcheller, found a…