Kesterson's Administrator v. Hill
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Lee county, pronounced November 14, 1902, in a suit in chancery, wherein the appellee was the complainant, and the appellants were the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
The controlling question in this case is that raised by the assignment of error to the action of the court in not sustaining the defence of the statute of limitations to the claim asserted by the appellee.
It appears that J. M. Wheeler, Sr., a resident of Lee county, Va., died April 7, 1891, and that on April 10th of that year his son, J. M. Wheeler, Jr., a resident of Virginia, and his son-in-law, C. R. Kesterson, a resident of Tennessee, were appointed' by the County Court of Lee county as his administrators, and duly qualified as such. On June 17, 1895, these administrators-resigned, and on…
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