Windburn v. Johnson

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Acting Justice J. Wm. Thurmond.

This action was commenced in the Court of Common Pleas for Chesterfield County, in May, 1925, for the partition by sale of certain lands in Chesterfield County, seized and possessed in fee by Melissa J. Hicks at the time of her decease, with' whom Mary Ann Hicks, the claimant, had resided for many years.

The administrator called in debtors and creditors. Mary Ann Hicks filed a claim for $1,800.00 with the administrator of said estate, and the administrator disallowed it, but the matter was referred to the Master in and…