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PACE v. RICHMOND

Record No. 821749.

343 S.E.2d 59 (1986)

Hamilton W. PACE, et al. v. Joseph W. RICHMOND, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 25, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Waverly Parker, Stanardsville, (Robert L. Bushnell, Wise, on brief), for appellants.

Matthew B. Murray, Charlottesville, for appellee, Joseph Richmond.

No briefs or arguments for appellees, Lyle W. Ingalls, Ann M. Ingalls, Cheryl Breeden, Dorothy P. Yager, Clyde Yager, Hugh C. Yager (the younger), Mary Louise Gentry and Alma Wade.

Present: All the Justices.

POFF, Justice.

This appeal arises out of a contest between the beneficiaries of two formal wills executed by Robert Lee Pace (hereinafter, Mr. Pace or the testator). Mr. Pace died without issue at the age of 81 on May 20, 1981. His estate was valued at more than $190,000.

By will dated April 5, 1968, he named two nephews, Hamilton and Montie Pace (hereinafter, the nephews), as sole beneficiaries of his estate. In...

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