Legal Opinion
Merson v. Wood
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 16, 1961No. Record 5174PublishedCited by 12 opinions
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtI’Anson, J.
This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment proceeding filed by P. M. Wood and J. W. Frazier, appellees herein, against Betty Jane Wood Merson, the appellant, to construe the will of Annie C. Leece, deceased, and determine the ownership of the property devised by the second item of her will, which reads as follows:
“Item, 2nd. I give and bequeath to my son John S. Leece all of my land which I am now in possession of and on which I now live during his lifetime, and if he dies without heirs, I devise that the land be then sold and divided between my three Grandchildren Carrie A. Leece, Geneve…
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