Jackson's heirs v. Jackson's adm'r
Supreme Court of Virginia
This is a suit brought in the circuit superior court of law and chancery for the county of Augusta, by the children of Thomas Jackson, against his administrator and widow, for an account of their administration; and a division and distribution of the estate. Thomas Jackson died in the latter part of the year 1821, leaving a widow and five infant children.
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This is a suit brought in the circuit superior court of law and chancery for the county of Augusta, by the children of Thomas Jackson, against his administrator and widow, for an account of their administration; and a division and distribution of the estate. Thomas Jackson died in the latter part of the year 1821, leaving a widow and five infant children. In 1822, Robert Steele, the brother of Mrs. Jackson, qualilied as administrator on the estate; and in 1824, Mrs. Jackson qualified as administratrix. At the time of the death of Thomas Jackson, he possessed a vainable farm of 290 acres,…
1Opinion of the CourtStanard, J.
The court is of opinion, that according to repeated adjudications, the allowance to guardians, or those who act as quasi guardians, for the support, maintenance, and education of infants, is limited to the amount of interest, rents, hires, or other profits of the estate of the infant, unless under very special circumstances. But the principle does not operate, so as to exclude all allowance for permanent improvements, put by the guardian, or quasi guardian, on the real estate of the infant; or to limit such allowance to the amount of the interest, rents, hires, or other profits of the estate.…
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