WELLFORD v. POWELL


90 S.E.2d 791 (1956)

197 Va. 685

Beverley Randolph WELLFORD, et al. v. Lewis F. POWELL, Jr., et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

January 16, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart G. Christian, A. B. Scott, Mc-Donald Wellford, Richmond, for appellants.

J. Elliott Drinard, John P. McGuire, Jr., Richmond, for appellees.

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


WHITTLE, Justice.

Alice Montague Gregory, et al., next of kin of Otway S. Allen, deceased, and Beverley Randolph Wellford, et al., next of kin of Mary McDonald Allen, deceased widow of Otway S. Allen, appellants, were granted an appeal from a decree entered by the court below in which a clause in the will of Otway S. Allen was construed unfavorably to them and favorably to the School Board of the City of Richmond, et al., appellees.

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