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BURRUSS v. BALDWIN

103 S.E.2d 249 (1958)

199 Va. 883

William H. BURRUSS, III, et al., Infants, by William L. Wilson, Guardian ad litem, v. B. C. BALDWIN, Jr., and William H. Burruss, Jr., Executors of the Estate of William H. Burruss, Deceased, et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

Rehearing Denied June 12, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Wilson, Lynchburg, for appellants.

Edward S. Graves, Lynchburg (Edmunds, Whitehead, Baldwin & Graves, Lynchburg, on the brief), for appellees.

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

EGGLESTON, Justice.

The purpose of this suit is to construe the will of William H. Burruss, deceased, and obtain the instructions of the court in the administration of his estate. On November 30, 1949, Burruss executed a typewritten will prepared by his attorney. A few days before his death, which occurred on December 13, 1955, he wrote in his own handwriting and signed the following undated paper:

"1st All personal debts to be...

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