BLACKBURN v. HEDGBETH


102 S.E.2d 329 (1958)

199 Va. 767

Anne Reams Arnold W. BLACKBURN v. Linnae Belle Redd HEDGBETH et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

March 10, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Allen, Richmond (Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen, Richmond, on brief), for appellant.

James C. Kent, Richmond (Roger A. Hedgbeth, Salem, Robert E. Pembleton, Douglas & Kent, Richmond, on brief), for appellees.

Before HUDGINS, C. J., and EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, WHITTLE, and SNEAD, JJ.


WHITTLE, Justice.

Mrs. Hedgbeth filed a suit for the partition of a tract of land lying in Hanover County, known as "Scotchtown". The respondents in the bill were Mrs. Hedgbeth's seven brothers and sisters, all children of Bessie C. Arnold Redd, and Mrs. Blackburn, the only child of Thomas D. Arnold. The land sought to be partitioned was disposed of under the will of Lavinia S. Taylor, dated November 20, 1906. The construction of the will was prayed for in the suit...

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