Legal Opinion

Harrison v. Wallton's Ex'or

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided March 31, 1898PublishedCited by 37 opinions

Appeal fro-m a decree of the Circuit Court of Brunswick county pronounced December 17, 1895, in a suit in chancery wherein the appellants were the complainants, and the appellees were the defendants.

1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.

This suit was brought by the appellants, the children of Sallie E. Harrison, against their mother and Robert Turnbull in his own right, and as executor of M. R. Wallton, deceased, for the purpose, as stated by the appellants in their petition for appeal, of charging the executor with the devastavit of the estate of his testatrix occasioned by his misconduct in the case of Harrison and wife against Wallton’s Executors and others.

The suit of Harrison and wife was instituted by the father and mother of the appellants against the appellee, Turnbull, as executor of Mrs. Wallton, and three of the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Cromwell v. County of SacSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  2. United States v. ThrockmortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  3. Harwood v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1873
  4. Miles v. CaldwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1865
  5. Faulkner v. DavisSupreme Court of Virginia · 1868

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3Cited by37 opinions

  1. City National Bank of Columbus v. JordanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1908
  2. County of Los Angeles v. WinansCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1910
  3. Gimbert v. Norfolk Southern RailroadSupreme Court of Virginia · 1929
  4. Womble v. GunterSupreme Court of Virginia · 1956
  5. Buchan v. German American Land Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1917

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