Thompkins v. Randall

Ida Thompkins and Mary Randall are seeking to probate two certain letters of J. M. Randall, deceased, as his last will and testament. The motion was docketed on August 21, 1928, and the circuit court tried the case without the intervention of a jury, and refused to probate the letters. The following facts as far as they are pertinent appear from, the record:

J. M. Randalllived in the city of Harrisonburg, Va., and was twice married. His first wife, Alice Randall, wa's the mother of Ida Thompkins and the grandmother of Mary Randall, the proponents. She was quite industrious and with the help of…