Fitchett v. Smith's Adm'r
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Northampton county, rendered October 18th, 1880, in a chancery suit,, wherein Henry Fitchett, and Esther, his wife, and Robert-Stevens, and Adah, his wife, are plaintiffs, and John R. Dalby, administrator of Ibby Jane Smith, deceased; Ibby Scott, Thomas Scott, Eaura Taylor, and Nat Robbins, and Nellie, his wife, are defendants.
1Opinion of the Court
Fauntleroy, J.,'
delivered the opinion of the court.
The object of this suit is to ascertain who are the distributees, or heirs at law, of the estate of Ibby Jane Smith, a colored girl, who died in the county of Northampton, at the age of sixteen, unmarried and without issue, in the year 1880; and, further, to obtain distribution of her estate in the hands of her administrator. The controversy is between the maternal and the paternal kindred of . the decedent.
The estate consists of the sum of $1,200, in the hands •of the said administrator, which was allowed and paid to the said Ibby Jane Smith…
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