Whitelaw's Adm'r v. Whitelaw's Adm'r
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Orange county pronounced October 30, 1897, upon an issue of devisavit vel non in a suit in chancery wherein the appellees were the complainants, and the appellants were the defendants. This suit was instituted in 1879, and has been twice before heard in this court.
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Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Orange county pronounced October 30, 1897, upon an issue of devisavit vel non in a suit in chancery wherein the appellees were the complainants, and the appellants were the defendants. This suit was instituted in 1879, and has been twice before heard in this court. B. R. Whitelaw filed his bill in the Circuit Court of Orange county against H. A. Sims and Pamelia W. his wife, H. A. Wiseman and Willie A. his wife, H. A. Sims, executor of Mary Whitelaw, deceased, and E. C. Yager. The averments of the bill filed by B. B. Whitelaw in 1879 are as…
1Opinion of the Court
Buchanan, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court. •
This was an issue to determine whether or not a writing which had been admitted to probate was the last will and* testament of Mrs. Mary Whitelaw, deceased.
Two bills of exceptions were taken upon the trial to the action of the court in admitting certain-evidence.
The evidence set out in the first bill of exceptions consisted of the nuncupative will of David Whitelaw (late husband of Mrs. Mary Whitelaw), who died April 8, 1825; a deed from Elizabeth Yager (daughter of David and Mary Whitelaw) and her husband to her brothers, B. R. and I. D.…
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