Bruce v. Slemp
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Lee county, rendered August 30th, 1885, in the cause of John W. Slemp and Olarinda J., his wife, complainants, against Daniel EL Bruce and wife and others, the heirs-at-law of Wm. N. G. Barron, deceased. The decree was adverse to the defendants, Bruce and wife, and they obtained an appeal to this court.
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
In January, 1885, John W. Slemp and Clarinda J., his wife, brought a chancery suit in the circuit court of Lee county, alleging that the said Clarinda J. was one of the children and heirs at-law of Wm. N. G Barron, who had died intestate, on the first day of January, 1885, seized of large and valuable real estate; seeking partition of the same and a distribution of the personal estate of the said Barron, among his eleven children, or their heirs, where any had died, and charging some of the children with advancements by the said father in his lifetime, before such should share in the division…
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