Reid v. Stuart's Ex'or
West Virginia Supreme Court
(*Snydeb, Judge, Absent.) Appeal from an order of the circuit court of the county of Greenbrier made on the 6th day of November, 1879, and from a decree of said court rendered on the 17th day of June, 1880, with a supersedeas to a part of said decree, in a cause in said court then pending, wherein William B. Reid and Elizabeth Reid, his wife, were plaintiffs, and William R. Stuart and John Stuart, executors of Elizabeth Stuart, deceased, were defendants, allowed upon the…
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(*Snydeb, Judge, Absent.) Appeal from an order of the circuit court of the county of Greenbrier made on the 6th day of November, 1879, and from a decree of said court rendered on the 17th day of June, 1880, with a supersedeas to a part of said decree, in a cause in said court then pending, wherein William B. Reid and Elizabeth Reid, his wife, were plaintiffs, and William R. Stuart and John Stuart, executors of Elizabeth Stuart, deceased, were defendants, allowed upon the petition ofR. H. • Gillilan, administrator of~W. 33. Reid. . , , ■ Hon. Homer A. Holt, judge of the eighth judicial…
1Judgment of the CourtGreen, Judge
The first question presented by this record is, whether the circuit court erred in its order of November 6, 1879, directing this cause to be revived in the name of the administrator and heirs of Wm. B. Reid. The occasion of filing *389the original bill by ¥m. B. Reid and Ms wife against tbe executors of Elizabeth Stuart was, that Elizabeth Stuart and ¥m. B. Reid on Oct. 7, 1858, had executed to the administrator of Charles MeClung their bond for two hundred and eighty-tliree dollars and nineteen cents payable in twelve months for purchases of personal property bought at the sale made by the…
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