Morris v. United Virginia Bank

This is an appeal from an order sustaining exceptions to a report filed by the commissioner of accounts. The dispositive question is whether the court erroneously substituted its judgment for that of the commissioner without finding that the commissioner’s report was unsupported by the evidence.

Mary Hey Caudle was a childless widow residing in Richmond who died on July 30, 1983, at the age of 94. She had been a successful business-woman for many years and remained fully alert and mentally competent until her death. The natural objects of her bounty were nieces and nephews. She was…