OWENS v. BANK OF GLADE SPRING


81 S.E.2d 565 (1954)

195 Va. 1138

OWENS et al. v. BANK OF GLADE SPRING et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

May 3, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stant & Roberts, Bristol, Widener & Widener, John C. Summers, Jr., Abingdon, for appellants.

George B. Kreger, Thomas C. Phillips, Boucher & Boucher, R. W. Bell, Fred C. Parks, Roby C. Thompson, E. W. Potts, Abingdon, for appellees.

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


SPRATLEY, Justice.

H. D. Owens, a lifelong resident of Glade Spring, Virginia, died testate on January 7, 1951. He was unmarried, and left surviving him no relatives of closer kinship than aunts and cousins. His will, written wholly in his own handwriting, reads as follows:

"I, H. D. Owens, make this my last will and testament being the second day of Nov. 1946.

"I want all my debts paid. The Bank of Glade...

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