Snodgrass v. Snodgrass

Litz, Judge:

The defendant, Columbus A. Snodgrass, (as surviving partner of the firm of Snodgrass Brothers, composed of himself and his brothers, Thomas J. J. Snodgrass and Charles R. Snodgrass), appeals from a decree of the circuit court, dated March 20, 1927, appointing a special receiver for the assets of the partnership consisting of large areas of farm, coal, oil and gas lands and other property, in West Virginia.

The defendant qualified as executor of Thomas J. J. Snod-grass who died in May, 1902, and as executor of Charles R. Snodgrass who died in October, 1908. Failing to account as…