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PITMAN v. RUTLEDGE

95 S.E.2d 153 (1956)

198 Va. 567

Lorraine F. PITMAN and George M. Coles v. Frances Graham RUTLEDGE et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

November 26, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Michie, Charlottesville, for appellants.

John S. Battle, Charlottesville (C. Venable Minor, Charlottesville, on brief), for appellees.

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

BUCHANAN, Justice.

The executors of the will of Miss Charlotte B. Coles brought this suit for the purpose of having the will and a codicil thereto construed. Lorraine F. Pitman and George M. Coles, executors, were also legatees in their own right and being disappointed by the court's construction, which deprived them of their legacy, they prosecute this appeal. The appellees are the children of Mrs. Charles J. Graham, to whom the testatrix gave by the codicil, so...

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