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BAPTIST HOME FOR AGED WOMEN v. MIZELL

89 S.E.2d 332 (1955)

197 Va. 399

The BAPTIST HOME FOR AGED WOMEN v. Joe T. MIZELL, Jr., Administrator, etc., et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

October 10, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hunton, Williams, Gay, Moore & Powell, Ralph H. Ferrell, Jr., E. Milton Farley, III, Richmond, for appellant.

Robert B. Gayle; George E. Allen, Richmond, for appellees.

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

BUCHANAN, Justice.

Mrs. Lee Jeter Robertson, of Richmond, died May 5, 1951, leaving two writings in pencil by her own hand on two separate sheets of paper, both dated July 15, 1942, which together were probated as her last will and testament, and, with spelling and punctuation as used by her, were as follows:

"I Lee Jeter Robertson being of sound disposing mind and memory do this day July fifteenth nineteen hundred and forty two (1942) make this my last will...

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