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RUTH v. JESTER

96 S.E.2d 741 (1957)

198 Va. 887

Robert David RUTH et al., etc. v. Royston JESTER, Jr., Administrator, etc., et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

March 11, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur B. Davies, III, Lynchburg (Hickson & Davies, Lynchburg, on brief), for appellant.

Maurice Steingold, Norfolk (Royston Jester, Jr., Lynchburg, Samuel A. Steingold, Steingold & Steingold, Norfolk, on brief), for appellees.

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

WHITTLE, Justice.

The holographic will of Thomas M. Hughes was probated before the clerk of the trial court on November 10, 1954, and Royston Jester, Jr. qualified as administrator c. t. a. Thereafter Virginia Hughes Ruth appealed the probate proceedings and upon a hearing the chancellor entered an order admitting the will to probate. Whereupon the administrator c. t. a. brought this suit to construe the will, making all...

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