Supreme Court of Virginia· 6/11/1936
Redford v. Booker
Citations
- 166 Va. 561
- 185 S.E. 879
- 1936 Va. LEXIS 220
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- \The failure of [the witnesses] to acquaint themselves with the contents of the document which they were witnessing does not make it void.\
- “The failure of [the witnesses] to acquaint themselves with the contents of the document which they were witnessing does not make it void.”
- exercising pro- bate jurisdiction over undue influence claim
- exercising probate jurisdiction over undue influence claim
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Judges: Holt
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30 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Ferguson v. FergusonSupreme Court of Virginia· 1937-09-23· cited 72×
- Martin v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Virginia· 1988-06-10· cited 36×
- Brooks v. WorthingtonSupreme Court of Virginia· 1965-09-10· cited 30×
- Gilmer v. BrownSupreme Court of Virginia· 1947-09-03· cited 28×
- Stockdale v. StockdaleCourt of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-08-08· cited 27×
- Cook v. HaydenSupreme Court of Virginia· 1944-10-09· cited 26×
- Jarvis v. TonkinSupreme Court of Virginia· 1989-06-09· cited 24×
- Wilroy v. HalbleibSupreme Court of Virginia· 1974-01-14· cited 21×
- Tate v. ChumbleySupreme Court of Virginia· 1950-01-16· cited 21×
- Darden v. MurphySupreme Court of Virginia· 1940-11-25· cited 20×
- Hall v. HallSupreme Court of Virginia· 1943-01-18· cited 18×
- Grimes v. CrouchSupreme Court of Virginia· 1940-02-26· cited 17×
- In re Estate of WalkerNebraska Supreme Court· 2023-12-01· cited 14×
- Gibbs v. GibbsSupreme Court of Virginia· 1990-01-12· cited 13×
- Friendly Ice Cream Corp. v. BecknerSupreme Court of Virginia· 2004-06-10· cited 12×
- Barnes v. BessSupreme Court of Virginia· 1938-06-08· cited 11×
- Savage v. NuteSupreme Court of Virginia· 1942-12-07· cited 11×
- Cale v. NapierWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1991-12-06· cited 10×
- City of Hopewell v. TirpakCourt of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-07-28· cited 9×
- John A. Turja Richard H. Turja v. Stephen F. Turja, Individually and as of the Estate of Marion A. TurjaFourth Circuit· 1997-07-08· cited 7×
Cites
24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Conley v. NailorSupreme Court· 1886-04-26· cited 68×
- Riggsby v. TrittonSupreme Court of Virginia· 1925-10-01· cited 51×
- Grant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1822-06-15· cited 37×
- Hartman v. StricklerSupreme Court of Virginia· 1886-07-08· cited 37×
- Herster v. HersterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1889-01-07· cited 29×
- Richmond Appeal from ProbateSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1890-04-15· cited 29×
- Good v. DyerSupreme Court of Virginia· 1923-09-20· cited 25×
- Jenkins v. TriceSupreme Court of Virginia· 1929-03-21· cited 24×
- Culpepper v. RobieSupreme Court of Virginia· 1930-09-12· cited 24×
- Forehand v. SawyerSupreme Court of Virginia· 1927-01-20· cited 23×
- Tabb v. WillisSupreme Court of Virginia· 1931-01-15· cited 22×
- Planters National Bank v. E. G. Heflin Co.Supreme Court of Virginia· 1936-03-12· cited 22×
- Broaddus v. BroaddusCourt of Appeals of Virginia· 1925-12-17· cited 21×
- Malone's adm'r v. HobbsSupreme Court of Virginia· 1842-11-15· cited 20×
- Montague v. Allan's Ex'orSupreme Court of Virginia· 1884-02-14· cited 20×
- Core v. James C. Core's AdministratorsSupreme Court of Virginia· 1924-06-12· cited 20×
- Thornton v. Thornton's ExecutorsSupreme Court of Virginia· 1925-01-15· cited 16×
- Altavista Cotton Mills, Inc. v. LaneSupreme Court of Virginia· 1922-06-15· cited 15×
- In re Barney's WillSupreme Court of Vermont· 1898-01-15· cited 14×
- Whithlaw's Ex'or v. SimsSupreme Court of Virginia· 1894-03-15· cited 14×
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