BLANKS v. JIGGETTS


64 S.E.2d 809 (1951)

192 Va. 337

BLANKS et al. v. JIGGETTS et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

May 7, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blanks & Geyer, Clarksville, Howard G. Turner, Richmond, for appellants.

Y. Melvin Hodges, South Hill, for appellees.

Before HUDGINS, C. J., and EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, SMITH and WHITTLE, JJ.


WHITTLE, Justice.

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...

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