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SALLEY v. BURNS

Record No. 771257.

255 S.E.2d 512 (1979)

Virginia Sutton SALLEY et al. v. Charles Sutton BURNS et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 8, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George M. Warren, Jr., Bristol (Warren, Bowie & Bressler, Bristol, on briefs), for appellants.

Benjamin F. Sutherland, Clintwood, for appellees.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN, POFF and COMPTON, JJ.

COMPTON, Justice.

In this chancery proceeding, we must construe a joint will which affects the title to certain Virginia real estate.

In 1937, one of the testators, D. B. Sutton, acquired by deed a tract of land in Russell County near Lebanon containing approximately 140 acres. At the time, Sutton was married to appellee Sarah Belle Sutton, the other testator and one of the plaintiffs below. In 1950, the will in...

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