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BURTON v. IRWIN

181 S.E.2d 624 (1971)

212 Va. 104

William L. BURTON, Individually, etc. v. Virginia Dare Burton IRWIN et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

June 14, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Edmonds, III, Richmond (David J. Mays, Herndon P. Jeffreys, Jr., J. Edward Lawler, Mays, Valentine, Davenport & Moore, Jeffreys & Lawler, Richmond, on brief), for appellant.

Eppa Hunton, IV, Richmond (Richard McDearmon, Brockenbrough Lamb, Jr., John H. OBrion, Jr., Thomas G. Slater, Jr., John B. Ashton, Christian, Barton, Parker, Epps & Brent, Browder, Russell, Little & Morris, Hunton, Williams, Gay, Powell & Gibson, Richmond, on brief), for appellees.

Before SNEAD, C.J., and I'ANSON, GORDON, HARRISON, COCHRAN and HARMAN, JJ.

COCHRAN, Justice.

On this appeal we are concerned with the construction of the holographic will of the late Blanche Burton Mallory.

Mrs. Mallory, a widow 86 years old, died without issue on November 10, 1967, leaving as her heirs at law and distributees two sisters, a brother, various nieces and nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews. Her will, admitted to probate in the clerk's office of the Chancery Court of the City of Richmond, reads as follows:

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