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BELL v. SAUNDERS

Record No. 080599.

677 S.E.2d 39 (2009)

Linda BELL, et al. v. N. Leslie SAUNDERS, Jr., Esq., Personal Representative, Executor, Administrator, and Trustee of the Estate of Edward J. Bell, Sr.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 4, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denis C. Englisby, Chesterfield (Englisby, Vaughn & Slone, on brief), for appellants.

N. Leslie Saunders, Jr. (Saunders, Cary & Patterson, on brief), Richmond, for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

OPINION BY Chief Justice LEROY R. HASSELL, SR.

I

The primary issue that we consider in this appeal is whether the beneficiary of a will filed a justiciable motion for declaratory judgment, thereby enabling the circuit court to ascertain the duties that the will imposes upon the executor and trustee of the decedent's estate.

II

Linda Bell and her son, David W. Bell, filed their complaint against N. Leslie Saunders, Jr., Esq., as executor...

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