1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. S.E.2d
  4. 353 S.E.2d
  5. 353 S.E.2d 738 (1987)
 

CARTER v. KING

Record No. 831791.

353 S.E.2d 738 (1987)

Russell T. CARTER, Sr. v. Margaret Moorefield KING, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 6, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Meredith A. House, Richmond (Kenneth C. Grigg, Richmond, on briefs), for appellant.

Deborah S. O'Toole (Frank N. Cowan, Cowan & Owen, Richmond, on brief), for appellees.

Present: All the Justices.

POFF, Justice.

On this appeal, we construe the statutes of descent to determine whether the appellant, the surviving spouse of the intestate, is an heir at law of the decedent.

The money at stake is the remainder of a portion of the corpus of a testamentary trust created in 1920. Following a decision by this Court in Jewett v. Harvie, 183 Va. 734, 33 S.E.2d 213 (1945), the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond, Division I, entered a final decree holding...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases