Triplett v. Woodward's Adm'r
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decrees of the Circuit Court of Loudoun county, pronounced April 30, 1898, and October 22. 1898, in a suit in chancery, wherein the appellee was the complainant, and the appellants were the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
The appellants demurred to the bill on the ground that it was multifarious. Their demurrer was overruled, and that ruling of the Circuit Court is assigned as error.
The main object of the bill, which was filed by the adminis*189trator with the will annexed of Mrs. E. A. Woodward, was the distribution of the estate of the testatrix according to the provisions of her will, after the payment of her debts. S. W. Triplett and Elixa A. Seaton, two of the appellants, were legatees under the will, and also claimed to be creditors of the testator, as is charged in the bill, and were, therefore, necessary…
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