Easley v. Barksdale
Supreme Court of Virginia
William Allen, of the county of Halifax, died in 1862, intestate, leaving a widow and eight children, and leaving a considerable estate in lands and slaves. Under an order made in December, 1862, commissioners appointed by the court divided the land and slaves, setting apart a certain portion of the land and certain slaves to the widow as her dower, and dividing the other two-thirds among the children, assigning to each a specific part of the land.
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William Allen, of the county of Halifax, died in 1862, intestate, leaving a widow and eight children, and leaving a considerable estate in lands and slaves. Under an order made in December, 1862, commissioners appointed by the court divided the land and slaves, setting apart a certain portion of the land and certain slaves to the widow as her dower, and dividing the other two-thirds among the children, assigning to each a specific part of the land. Of these children one was William C. Allen, another was George J. Allen, and another was Eleanor C. Allen, who afterwards married Robert E.…
1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.
William Allen died in 1862 intestate, and in the latter part of that year the land and slaves of which he was seized and possessed at his death were divided amongst his heirs and distributees, eight in number, debts of the decedent remaining unpaid. In 1869 a bill was brought by Hawkins in behalf of himself and other creditors of the decedent against the heirs and distributees and the second administrator of the estate, to have these debts paid out of the real and personal assets.
The first question to be decided is, whether the land purchased by M. B. Womack from one of the heirs, is liable…
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