Blanks v. Jiggetts

Micajah Jiggetts and Estella Jiggetts, his wife, citizens of Mecklenburg County, Virginia, were the owners of two tracts of land, which had been conveyed to them as joint tenants, by deeds, dated in 1925 and 1937. On September 5, 1929 these parties executed their joint will, the second section thereof reading as follows: “Second: We hereby direct that the survivor herein shall take all of the property of the first of us to die, both real and personal, for- life, with complete power to dispose of the whole or any part thereof in such manner as he or she may see fit, and whatever remains…