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THOMAS v. COPENHAVER

Record No. 841813.

365 S.E.2d 760 (1988)

Ernest R. THOMAS, Jr., et al. v. John D. COPENHAVER, Administrator, etc., et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 4, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Creech, Jr. (Karen Webb McCutcheon; Gentry, Locke, Rakes & Moore, Roanoke, on briefs), for appellants.

T.L. Plunkett, Jr. (Plunkett & Logan, Roanoke, on brief), for appellees Maryann Durham, H.B. Bock, Mrs. H.B. Bock, Judy Hall Conic, Kirklyn T. Kuzdrall, James Henry Pearson, Jr., Donnie Jean Alfieri, Vickie Cloann Brooks, Danny Gary Cook, Joan Pearson, John Frederick Pearson, Patricia Pearson Woods, Susan Pearson Lee, Vickie Pearson McLaughlin, Frances C. Lowe and Hazel F. Maultsby.

No briefs or arguments for appellees John D. Copenhaver, Adm'r, etc. or Barbara J. Brown.

Present: All the Justices.

STEPHENSON, Justice.

In this appeal, we consider whether a certain paper writing constitutes a valid will, and if so, whether the testatrix devised her residuary estate.

On September 4, 1980, the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the City of Roanoke ordered probate of the following handwritten document as the holographic will of Helen L. Thomas (the decedent):

Will 3 Rag Doll in...

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