Chap. 39.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5247 of the Code of Virginia,
in relation to the jurisdiction of probate of wills. [H B 30]

Approved February 21, 1930

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
fifty-two hundred and forty-seven of the Code of Virginia, be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 5247. Jurisdiction of probate of wills——The circuit and
corporation courts of the Commonwealth, and the clerks of the said
courts, and of all other courts having jurisdiction of the probate of wills,
shall have jurisdiction of the probate of wills according to the following
rules, that is to say: In the county or corporation wherein the dece-
dent has a mansion house or known place of residence; if he has no
such house or place of residence, then in a county or corporation
wherein any real estate lies that is devised or owned by the decedent :
and if there be no such real estate, then in the county or corporatior
wherein he dies or a county or corporation wherein he has estate; pro-
vided, however, that in the city of Richmond the chancery court anc
the hustings court part two of said city shall have such jurisdictior
which shall be exercised in the manner heretofore provided by law.