Patterson v. Old Dominion Trust Co.

The facts of this case have been fully set forth in the former opinions of this court reported in (Patterson v. Old Dominion Trust Co.), 139 Va. 246, 257, 123 S. E. 549, and (Patterson v. Old Dominion Trust Co.), 149 Va. 597, 140 S. E. 810, 141 S. E. 759, and will not be repeated in detail in this opinion.

On April 12, 1912, Dr. R. A. Patterson died testate, seized and possessed of valuable real estate and personal property valued at approximately $852,000.00, which was devised and bequeathed to his widow and six children. To the widow was devised an undivided one-third interest in the estate…