Castleman's Adm'r v. Dorsey
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal of John T. Crow, sheriff of Clarke county, and as suck administrator of Alfred Castleman, deceased, Champ Shepherd, executor of Joseph Shepherd, deceased, R. R. Smith and Charles H. Smith, executors of Treadwell Smith, deceased, and Marshall McCormick, administrator c. t. a. of William D. McGuire, deceased, from decree of circuit court of said county, rendered 3d June, 1882, in the cause of Amanda Dorsey and others, distributees of William Castleman, deceased, against…
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Appeal of John T. Crow, sheriff of Clarke county, and as suck administrator of Alfred Castleman, deceased, Champ Shepherd, executor of Joseph Shepherd, deceased, R. R. Smith and Charles H. Smith, executors of Treadwell Smith, deceased, and Marshall McCormick, administrator c. t. a. of William D. McGuire, deceased, from decree of circuit court of said county, rendered 3d June, 1882, in the cause of Amanda Dorsey and others, distributees of William Castleman, deceased, against the appellants and others. Argued at Staunton and decided at Richmond.
1Opinion of the CourtFadntleroy, J.
William Castleman died in the year 1842. His son, William A. Castleman, qualified as his administrator before the county court of Clarke county, Virginia, on the 25th of April, 1842, giving his official bond as such, in the penalty of $73,000.00, with Joseph Shepherd, Alfred Castleman, P. D. Shepherd, Treadwell Smith and William D. McGuire, as his sureties. One of them, P. D. Shepherd, was adjudged a bankrupt, and they are all dead; and the appellants are the personal representatives of the other sureties in the said bond.
John Ship and wife, by deed dated October 31st, 1839, conveyed a…
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