Legal Opinion
Murchison v. Wallace
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 18, 1931PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
This cause is an indirect sequent of Hentz v. Wallace’s Adm’r, 153 Va. 437, 150 S. E. 389. There a decree, which sustained the will of Mrs. Victoria B. Stevens Wallace and which admitted it to* probate, was approved.
In a codicil of date August '31, 1886, she made these provisions :
“I make this codicil to my will on this thirty-first day of August, 1886, directing; by this paper that should my husband A. Wellington Wallace die before me; the rest and residue of my estate, of which I may die seized, shall be divided into two parts, one part to go to the devisees of my said husband or his heirs…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Neblett v. SmithSupreme Court of Virginia · 1925
- Driskill v. CarwileSupreme Court of Virginia · 1926
- Hentz v. Stevens Wallace's Adm'rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1929
- Machir v. FunkSupreme Court of Virginia · 1893
- Whittle v. Whittle's ExecutorsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1908
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Horne v. HorneSupreme Court of Virginia · 1943
- Disney v. WilsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1950
- Parrott Estate Co. v. McLaughlinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1937
- Ward v. OttleySupreme Court of Virginia · 1936
- South Carolina National Bank v. CopelandSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1966
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