Carter's Administrator v. Skillman
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from the Circuit Oourt of Loudoun county. Decree for complainants. Garter’s Administrator, one of the defendants, appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
Travers H. Carter died intestate, unmarried and without issue, possessed of considerable real and personal estate in the county of Loudoun, and at the November term, 1892, of the County Court of Loudoun county his estate was, on motion of Edwin J. Carter, a distributee, committed to the shei’iff for administration.
The actual administration of the estate was entrusted to William S. Summers, a deputy sheriff, within whose district the decedent had resided. Summers proceeded promptly to settle his accounts as administrator before William N. Wise, a…
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