COCHRAN v. BISE


90 S.E.2d 178 (1955)

197 Va. 483

Ethel COCHRAN, Executrix of the Will of Rose Wright, Deceased, v. Everett BISE. Everett BISE v. Glyn R. PHILLIPS, Administrator D.B.N. of the Estate of R. L. Wright, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

Rehearing Denied January 13, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. H. & George C. Sutherland, Clintwood, for plaintiff in error Ethel Cochran.

G. Mark French, Clintwood, for Everett Bise.

Glyn R. Phillips, Clintwood, M. M. Long, St. Paul, Va., for defendant in error Glyn R. Phillips.

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


HUDGINS, Chief Justice.

Everett Bise, plaintiff in the lower court, in his motion for judgment against Ethel Cochran, executrix under the will of Rose Wright, and Glyn R. Phillips, administrator d.b.n. of the estate of R. L. Wright, deceased, alleged that he was entitled to recover the sum of $13,000 for breach of express contract whereby each decedent promised to leave him by will a child's part of their respective estates in consideration of his agreement to live...

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