BLACK v. EDWARDS

Record No. 930788.

445 S.E.2d 107 (1994)

Dorothy BLACK, et al. v. Richard EDWARDS, Executor of the Estate of James G. Keene, Deceased, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 10, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry J. Kostel, Newport News, for appellants.

Louis J. Richman, Jr., Newport News, for appellees.

Present: All the Justices.


WHITING, Justice.

This case involves the mutual and reciprocal wills of a husband and wife. The primary issue is whether, as a matter of law, the testimony of the scrivener of the wills established a contract between the spouses for the disposition of their property upon the death of the survivor.

In May or June 1991, James G. Keene and his wife, Rebecca T. Keene, asked Gerald D. Robertson, an attorney, to prepare wills for them leaving their respective properties...

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