Whitehead v. Whitehead
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Nansemond county, rendered November 29th, 1886, in the chancery cause of William E. Whitehead, guardian, &c., complainant, against John B. Whitehead, executor and trustee under the will of William B. Whitehead, deceased, defendant, determining the principles on which the accounts of said fiduciary should be settled; and also from decree in said cause rendered April 11th, 1889, against said fiduciary, John B. Whitehead, in favor of…
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Appeal from decree of circuit court of Nansemond county, rendered November 29th, 1886, in the chancery cause of William E. Whitehead, guardian, &c., complainant, against John B. Whitehead, executor and trustee under the will of William B. Whitehead, deceased, defendant, determining the principles on which the accounts of said fiduciary should be settled; and also from decree in said cause rendered April 11th, 1889, against said fiduciary, John B. Whitehead, in favor of Eobert B. Prentiss, curator of the estate of William B. Whitehead, deceased, for the sum of $77,358.10, with interest thereon…
1Opinion of the CourtFauntleroy, J.
William B. Whitehead died in 1877, leaving a will by which he devised and bequeathed the bulk of his large estate to John B. Whitehead and John R. Kilby, as trustees, to accumulate for the benefit of his infant grandchildren ; directing and providing in his said will that they should apply to the circuit court of Uansemond for all necessary decrees, powers or orders. John R. Kilby having died on the 5th day of December, 1878, the surviving trustee, John B. Whitehead (the appellant here) continued in possession of the assets and acted alone. He never applied to the court for instruction, aid,…
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