THOMAS v. BEST


161 S.E.2d 803 (1968)

209 Va. 103

Milton O. THOMAS et al. v. Jasper BEST et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

Rehearing Denied September 10, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard I. Legum, Norfolk (Fine, Fine, Legum & Fine, Norfolk, on brief), for appellants.

Montgomery Knight, Jr., Joseph J. Lawler, Norfolk (Doumar, Pincus, Anderson & Knight, Kellam & Kellam, Norfolk, on brief), for appellees.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and BUCHANAN, SNEAD, I'ANSON, CARRICO, GORDON and HARRISON, JJ.


GORDON, Justice.

A writing purporting to be the last will of Lucy Best Dobski was admitted to probate by the Clerk of the Corporation Court of the City of Norfolk on August 3, 1964 in an ex parte proceeding under Code § 64-73. On March 29, 1965 Jasper Best, Frank Best and Clara Best Buck, three of the decedent's brothers and sisters, brought this suit devisavit vel non under Code § 64-84 to impeach...

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