Legal Opinion
Owens v. Bank of Glade Spring
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided May 3, 1954No. Record 4191PublishedCited by 13 opinions
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtSpratley, J.
H. D. Owens, a lifelong resident of Glade Spring, Virginia, died testate on January 7, 1951. He was unmarried, and left surviving him no relatives of closer kinship than aunts and cousins. His will, written wholly in his own handwriting, reads as follows:
“I, H. D. Owens, make this my last will and testament being the second day of Nov. 1946.
“I want all my debts paid. The Bank of Glade Spring to be Administrator. The Post Office building I leave to Elizabeth Coleman, her assuming and paying the $4,000.00 note due to Mr. Coleman. The House back of Post Office building and now my home and office…
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