Mayo's ex'or v. Carrington's ex'or

Moncure, P.

This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit court of the city of Richmond in three suits, the styles of which were “Mayo v. Carrington,” “ Coutts v. Mayo,” and “ Coutts’ adm’r v. Mayo,” the printed record of which contains 550 pages. The difficulty of deciding it is necessarily very great, and is much increased by the obscurity arising from lapse of time, the extraordinary laches of most of the parties concerned, and the death of all the original actors in the transactions which gave rise to the suits. The subject of controversy is what is familiarly known by the name of the…