Legal Opinion
Dinning v. Dinning
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided February 10, 1904PublishedCited by 17 opinions
Error to a judgment of the Hustings Court of the city of Portsmouth, refusing to admit to prohate a paper writing purporting to he the last will and testament of William Dinning, deceased, on the ex parte application of the plaintiff in error. The petition for the writ of error sets out the names and addresses of the heirs of William Dinning, deceased, and they were made defendants in error.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
In the Court of Hustings for the city of Portsmouth, on the 18th day of April, 1903, Harry James Dinning offered for probate the following paper, purporting to be the last will and testament of William Dinning, deceased:
“Portsmouth, Va., April 20th, 1902.
“In case of my death, I wish my brother Harry to take charge of my estate and pay off all of my just and honest debts, and I want my sister Mary’s body brought from Berkley and buried alongside of me. After this is done and all paid for and my funeral and burying is paid for, I give to my brother, Harry Hunter Dinning, all of my furniture in…
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