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MULLINS v. SIMMONS

Record Nos. 850197, 850547.

365 S.E.2d 771 (1988)

J. Robert MULLINS v. Bill SIMMONS, et al. J. Robert MULLINS v. TOWN OF RICHLANDS.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 4, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T.C. Bowen, Jr. (Bowen & Bowen, P.C., Tazewell, on brief), for appellant.

James R. Henderson (Deanis L. Simmons; Mullins and Henderson, P.C.; Dudley, Galumbeck & Simmons, Tazewell, on brief), for appellees Bill Simmons and Linda Simmons.

No briefs or arguments for Sequoyah Petroleum Corp., Dome 1980 Institutional Investors Ltd., TCPL Resources U.S.A. Ltd. and Dome Petroleum Corp.

Lewis B. McNeace, Jr., Richlands, for appellee.

Present: POFF, COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL, THOMAS, and WHITING, JJ.

THOMAS, Justice.

These appeals concern a dispute over the construction of a deed. On May 18, 1908, P.J. Brown made a conveyance to his daughter which read in pertinent part as follows:

to Norcia B. Wysor during her natural life, and at her death to her children, if any, and if the said Norcia B. Wysor shall die without issue, then to the next of kin on her fathers side....

Norcia gave birth to a daughter...

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