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WHITE v. NATIONAL BANK & TRUST COMPANY

186 S.E.2d 21 (1972)

212 Va. 568

John Lewis WHITE, III, et al. v. NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, etc., et al., etc.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 17, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George P. Smith, Jr., Palymra, Joseph W. Richmond, Charlottesville (Robert H. Blodinger, Junius R. Fishburne, Charlottesville, on brief), for appellants.

Neill H. Alford, Jr., Charlottesville (Charles C. Webb, Herbert A. Pickford, George H. Gilliam, George Gilmer, McGuire, Woods & Battle, Charlottesville, on brief), for appellees.

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

GORDON, Justice.

We have before us the question whether the will of Anne White Bailey, deceased, violates the rule against perpetuities. The question can be framed by describing the relevant provisions of the will relating to one beneficiary, the testatrix's grandnephew John Henry White. Nevertheless, the relevant provisions relating to all beneficiaries are copied in the Appendix to this opinion.

The will directs...

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