Sands v. Lynham
Supreme Court of Virginia
Solomon Haunstein, of foreign birth, died seized of' an estate of inheritance in six houses and lots in the city of Richmond. He was unmarried and died intestate; and his estate was committed to Richard D. Sanxay, as curator. In March 1867 ¥m.
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Solomon Haunstein, of foreign birth, died seized of' an estate of inheritance in six houses and lots in the city of Richmond. He was unmarried and died intestate; and his estate was committed to Richard D. Sanxay, as curator. In March 1867 ¥m. Gleason, as assignee of John W. Thompson, recovered a judgment by default against Sanxay as curator of Haunstein’s estate, for $7,000, with interest from April 1st, 1861; and in April in a suit brought by Gleason against Sanxay as curator, in the circuit court of Henrico, in'which the bill and answer were presented at the same time, and the cause…
1Opinion of the Court
Staples J.
delivered the opinion of the court.
The inquisition finds that Solomon Haunstein died seized of an estate of inheritance in the lots in controversy ; that he died intestate and without heirs, and that there is no person known to the jurors to he entitled to the same; but that said lots have been sold by a decree of the circuit court of Henrico county to satisfy an office judgment obtained against th'e estate of Solomon Haunstein since his death, and that there are now certain parties in possession of said lots claiming under said decree.
It is proper further to state, though it is not…
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