Supreme Court of Virginia November 27, 1950, Record 3699 (Ballard v. Cox)

Buchanan, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

Miss Ballard, the appellant, instituted this suit to establish and probate the will of her sister, Mrs. Cox, which she alleged had been duly executed on November 19, 1947, but had been lost or destroyed. Mrs. Cox had died without issue on March 2, 1948, leaving surviving her husband, Dr.