Scott's Ex'x v. Ashlin
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal^ from decree of circuit court of Albemarle county, rendered October 14, 1887, in the chancery causes of Scott against Langliorne and Scott against Ashlin’s Administrator, &c., and other causes heard together. The decree being adverse to Z. It. Lewis and Nannie L. Lewis, his wife (who before her marriage was Nannie L. Scott), and others, they appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Lacy, J.,
delivered, the opinion of the court.
This case is as follows: On the 4th day of March, 1865, Charles A. Scott died intestate, leaving surviving him his widow, Pocahontas B. Scott, and four infant children, Elizabeth R., Eannie B., Mary B., and Nannie L. Scott, the eldest eight years of age. He owned at the time of his death a valuable and productive farm of some 1,740 acres, situated in the county of Albemarle, called “ Scotland,” stocked with a large amount of personal property. His debts were small, except two, which he owed as security for his brother, John L. Scott. These were…
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