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AMOS v. COFFEY

Record No. 820627.

320 S.E.2d 335 (1984)

Lottie Shelton AMOS v. Everlette COFFEY, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 7, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn W. Pulley, Danville (Patrick H. Musick, Clement & Wheatley, Danville, on brief), for appellant.

H. Victor Millner, Jr., Chatham (Vansant, Millner & Vines, Chatham, on brief), for appellees.

Present: All the Justices.

POFF, Justice.

We granted this appeal to consider whether the chancellor erred by excluding parol evidence proffered in aid of the construction of a deed.

R.L. Shelton, by will probated in 1952, devised all his real estate to his wife for life or during widowhood, with remainder in fee to his 12 children. Included in his estate was a farm located in Pittsylvania County southwest of Gretna. In 1957, Lottie Shelton Amos, one of Shelton's children, and her husband...

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