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MERSON v. WOOD

117 S.E.2d 661 (1961)

202 Va. 485

Betty Jane Wood MERSON v. P. M. WOOD et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

January 16, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. E. Widener, Jr., Bristol (Roy V. Wolfe, Jr., E. H. Richmond, Gate City, Widener & Widener, Bristol, Dishner & Wolfe, Gate City, West & Fuller, Kingsport, Tenn., on brief), for appellant.

E. T. Carter, Jr., S. W. Coleman, Jr., Gate City (Coleman & Coleman, Quillen & Carter, Gate City, on brief), for appellees.

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

I'ANSON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment proceeding filed by P. M. Wood and J. W. Frazier, appellees herein, against Betty Jane Wood Merson, the appellant, to construe the will of Annie C. Leece, deceased, and determine the ownership of the property devised by the second item of her will, which reads as follows:

"Item, 2nd. I give and bequeath to my son John S. Leece all of my land which I...

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