Slater v. Slater
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of city of Williamsburg and county of James City, involving the settlement of a decedent’s estate. From the decree both the heirs at law and the widow appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentis, J.
The petitioners, C. H. Slater, R. H. Slater and Bettie M. Harvey, brothers and sister and the heirs at law of R. B. Slater, who died suddenly intestate, complain of a decree entered in the chancery cause involving the settlement ox the decedent’s estate, so far as it sustains the claims of Mary Lou Slater, as his widow and as creditor of the estate; and she assigns cross-error in so far as the decree fails to do so.
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- American National Bank v. TayLorSupreme Court of Virginia · 1911
- Bragg v. Tinkling Land & Improvement Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1913
3Cited by1 opinion
- Oakes v. O'NealFrederick County Circuit Court · 1972