Robinson v. Allen
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Essex county, rendered January 18, 1888, in the cause wherein W. F. Allen & Co. and others were complainants, and John M. Terrell, sheriff of said county, and as such administrator of B. H. Robinson, deceased, and R. H. Coghill, were defendants.
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Appeal from decree of circuit court of Essex county, rendered January 18, 1888, in the cause wherein W. F. Allen & Co. and others were complainants, and John M. Terrell, sheriff of said county, and as such administrator of B. H. Robinson, deceased, and R. H. Coghill, were defendants. The object of the suit was to administer the social assets of the late firm, which was alleged in the bill to have subsisted between the intestate and said Coghill, for the benefit of the social creditors. The decree being adverse to the defendants, they obtained an appeal and supersedeas from one of the judges…
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court. .
This was a suit in the circuit court of Essex county for the administration of the assets of the late mercantile firm of B. H. Robinson & Co. The bill alleges that the firm was composed of B. H. Robinson and Thomas A. Coghill, the former of whom is now dead; that the estate of Robinson has been committed for administration to J. M. Terrell, sheriff of Essex county, who has made sale of the partnership effects, and who holds the proceeds of sale subject to the order of the court. And the prayer of the bill is that Coghill and Terrell be made…
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