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SLATE v. TITMUS

Record No. 881365.

385 S.E.2d 590 (1989)

Pelham G. SLATE, et al. v. Edward B. TITMUS.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 10, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank M. Slayton (Vaughan & Slayton, South Boston, on brief), for appellants.

Lesley I.B. Schless, Richmond, (J. David Meade, Jr., Petersburg, McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, Richmond, on brief), for appellee.

Present CARRICO, C.J., and COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL, THOMAS, WHITING and LACY, JJ.

STEPHENSON, Justice.

The question presented in this appeal is whether a holographic writing was signed by the testator as required for a valid will by Code § 64.1-49.

In October 1987, Garland B. Slate told his nephew-in-law, Edward B. Titmus, where Titmus could find Slate's will if anything happened to Slate. Slate died on December 25, 1987. Several days later, Titmus found a sealed envelope at the place Slate...

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