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TURNER v. REED

Record No. 982588.

518 S.E.2d 832 (1999)

Mazzie TURNER, et al. v. Mark N. REED, Executor, etc., et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 17, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Shanks, Luray, for appellants.

W. Dale Houff (Swetnam & Houff, on brief), Luray, for appellees Mark N. Reed, Executor of the Estate of Kathleen R. Waye and Luray United Methodist Church.

No brief or argument on behalf of appellee Lynchburg College.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., COMPTON, LACY, HASSELL, KOONTZ, and KINSER, JJ., and POFF, Senior Justice.

POFF, Senior Justice.

The principal issue in this appeal is whether the chancellor erred in construing the term "personal property", as used in a testamentary bequest, to include only tangible personal property.

In the second paragraph of her will, Kathleen R. Waye made monetary bequests to six beneficiaries. The portion of the second paragraph relevant to the ruling challenged in this appeal provides as follows:

"I give, devise and bequeath unto...

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