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NEWSOME v. SCOTT

108 S.E.2d 369 (1959)

200 Va. 833

Clarence Rudolph Pearson NEWSOME et al. v. Frances J. SCOTT et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

May 4, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Railey, Courtland, for appellants.

J. Edward Moyler, Franklin (Moyler & Moyler, Franklin, Woodward & Ferguson, Suffolk, on brief), for appellees.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, WHITTLE, SNEAD and I'ANSON, JJ.

MILLER, Justice.

The purpose of this litigation instituted by appellee, Frances J. Scott, and others, against Clarence Rudolph Pearson Newsome, William P. Newsome, and others is to construe the will of Merritt Johnson, deceased, and determine the ownership of property devised and bequeathed under its fourth clause.

Merritt Johnson, 72 years old, died in 1918 possessed of personal property and real estate. In clause 1 of his will, executed on February 22, 1912...

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