Hill v. Stark
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Culpeper county. Decree for defendant. Complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Whittle, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The case is this: Appellant, Adina Hill, a daughter of Kate N. Stark, deceased, filed her bill in equity against the administrator and the other heirs and distributees of her mother, who died intestate, for partition and distribution of her real and personal estate among those entitled. The sole controversy arises out of the prayer that the defendant, J. C. Stark, a brother of complainant, be denied participation in the distribution of the estate until he shall have brought into hotchpot the sum of $4,000, alleged to have been received by him as…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Darne's Ex'or v. LloydSupreme Court of Virginia · 1887
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