ROBINSON v. WARD

Record No. 881350.

387 S.E.2d 735 (1990)

Patricia T. ROBINSON v. Katherine D. WARD, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 12, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay T. Swett (Helen M. Snyder, McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, Charlottesville, on briefs), for appellant.

Phillip D. Payne, IV (John P. Grove, Roanoke, Richard F. McPherson, Staunton, Kay Heidbreder, Blacksburg, Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove, Roanoke, Nelson, McPherson, Summers & Santos, Staunton, on brief), for appellees Katherine D. Ward, Administratrix, Virginia Polytechnical Institute and State University, and Boys' Home, Inc.

No briefs or arguments for appellees Angeline Tannehill Bullerjahn, Deborah Sinclair Black Reed and Graham S. Black, II.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL, WHITING and LACY, JJ., and HARRISON, Retired Justice.


COMPTON, Justice.

In this attack on the validity of a will, we determine whether the trial court erred in ruling there was compliance with the statutory mandate of Code § 64.1-49 requiring a witness to "subscribe the will."

The statute provides, as pertinent, that a testator's signature to a non-holographic will "shall be made or the will acknowledged by him in the presence of at least two competent witnesses, present at the same time; and such witnesses...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases