Tilson v. Davis' adm'r
Supreme Court of Virginia
In April, 1875, Mrs. Ann Tilson instituted her suit in ■equity in the circuit court of Wythe county, against Rufus Brown, as surviving administrator of Eli Davis, Elizabeth G. Gibboney, executrix of Robert Gibboney, deceased, John G. and Jos. M. Crockett, administrators of Allen T. Crockett, deceased, and John C. Graham.
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In April, 1875, Mrs. Ann Tilson instituted her suit in ■equity in the circuit court of Wythe county, against Rufus Brown, as surviving administrator of Eli Davis, Elizabeth G. Gibboney, executrix of Robert Gibboney, deceased, John G. and Jos. M. Crockett, administrators of Allen T. Crockett, deceased, and John C. Graham. In her bill she stated that in 1849, Jacob Groseclose, of said county, departed this life intestate, leaving the plaintiff as his widow, and Eli Groseclose, George -Groseclose, and Jane, wife of H. H. Tilson, as his children and heirs -and distributees. That on the 12th of…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
This is an appeal from decrees in two suits in which the appellant was plaintiff, and, in one, the administrator of Eli Davis, deceased, and the sureties of said Davis, in his administration on the estate of Jacob Groseclose, were defendants; and in the other the said Eli Davis’ administrator, and his creditors were defendants.
The first suit was brought to recover the plaintiff’s claim against the administrator of Jacob Groseclose, her first husband, from his sureties—the estate of Davis being insolvent. This suit was dismissed by the decree of 23d December, 1878; but without prejudice to the…
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