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SMITH v. GIVENS

Record No. 791822.

290 S.E.2d 844 (1982)

Raymond SMITH, et al., etc. v. Robell GIVENS, an Infant.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 30, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Thomas Province, Madison, for appellants.

Caroline Watts (Watts & Watts, Richmond, on brief), for appellee.

Before CARRICO, C. J., and COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, THOMPSON, and STEPHENSON and RUSSELL, JJ.

POFF, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment approving a settlement in a wrongful death action and holding, inter alia, that the decedent was the father of an illegitimate son, the sole member of the first class of beneficiaries defined in Code § 8.01-53.

Gene William Smith died of injuries sustained in a collision between two automobiles operated by Wilburn Lynn Welch and Wade Cleveland Welch. The...

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