Edmunds' Adm'r v. Scott
Supreme Court of Virginia
Two appeals heard and submitted together; first, from decree of circuit court of Charlotte county rendered March 30th, 1881, in the chancery causes of Scott and als. v. Watkins and als., and of Elcan’s Adm’r, &c. v. Watkins and als., which were consolidated; arid second, from decree of said circuit court rendered September 22d, 1881, in said causes.
1Opinion of the CourtFauntleboy, J.
The following state of facts appears from the records of these causes: Thomas E. Watkins, of the county of Charlotte, died in November, 1861, leaving his will, which was duly probated at the December term of the county court, 1861, of the said county, and at the same term of the said court, Joel Watkins, his brother, and Joel W. Marshall, his nephew, qualified as executors of his said will, giving their bond in the penalty of $100,000, with James P. Marshall, John F. Edmunds, and John P. Marshall as sureties. The estate of the testator, which came to the hands of the said executors, consisted…
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