Williams v. Williams
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Corporation. Court of city of Bristol. Decree for complainant. Defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtKelly, J.
*645This is a suit in the nature of a suit for specific performance, brought by one of the beneficiaries under a joint will to enforce the provisions thereof in her favor. The joint testators were Thomas Pippin and Polly Pippin, his wife. The complainant in the suit, the appellee here, is their daughter, Nancy K. Williams, and the active defendants, the appellants here, are her children, Thomas E. and Albert Williams.
The relief prayed for was granted, and the first assignment of error complains of an interlocutory decree overruling a demurrer to the amended bill upon which the cause was heard.…
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