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547 F.2d 811

Docket No. 76-1543.

Williamson v. Williamson

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

Argued Dec. 8, 1976.

Decided Jan. 17, 1977.

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1977-01-17

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently September 2010

1 federal appellate ·

2 counsel of record

Relies on 407 F. Supp. 370 - Williamson v. Williamson

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Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1977-01-17

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¶1Francis N. Crenshaw, Norfolk, Va. (William E. McCardell, Jr., Crenshaw, Ware & Johnson, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellant.

¶2Robert G. Doumar, Norfolk, Va. (Doumar, Pincus, Knight & Harlan, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellees.

¶3*812Before CRAVEN, WIDENER and HALL, Circuit Judges.

¶4PER CURIAM:

¶5Carroll Mac Williamson sued his half sister, Evelyn Byrd Williamson, in the district court to set aside a family agreement that determined the boundary line between lands inherited under the will of their father. In a carefully prepared opinion, 407 F.Supp. 370 (E.D.Va.1976), the district judge held that the boundary-line agreement was valid as a family settlement of a dispute over the interpretation of the will and that the agreement, under Virginia law applicable to this diversity jurisdiction case, effectively conveyed any interest which Carrol] Mac Williamson may have had to the tract in dispute and effectively barred the plaintiff from asserting claim to the property. We agree, and affirm for the reasons stated by Judge Clarke.

¶6AFFIRMED.

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