BAILEY v. KERNS

Record No. 921431.

431 S.E.2d 312 (1993)

Wallace M. BAILEY v. George F. KERNS, Administrator of the Estate of Edith M. Kerns, Deceased, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 11, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo J. Scolforo, Manassas, for appellant.

Gary A. Howard, Manassas, for appellee George F. Kerns, Administrator of the Estate of Edith M. Kerns, Deceased.

No brief or argument for appellees Steven Bean, Executor, David E. Penny, Jamie Penny, David Thomas Kerns, and Diana Michelle (Shelley) Kerns Guidara.

Present: All the Justices.


KEENAN, Justice.

The primary issues in this will contest case are (1) whether the trial court erred in ruling that the face of a holographic writing made by Edith M. Kerns contained evidence of testamentary intent, and (2) whether the trial court erred in admitting extrinsic evidence offered to establish the testamentary nature of the instrument.

Edith M. Kerns, also known as Edith B. Kerns (Edith), died on July 6, 1988. When no will was found at the time...

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