Commonwealth v. Ashlin's Adm'r
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Albemarle county, pronounced October 24, 1896, in two chancery suits, heard together — one under the style of Scott v. Langhorne, and the other of Scott, hy, &a., v. Ashlin’s Adm’r — in which the Commonwealth, on her petition, was admitted a party.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
*146The facts of this controversy, so far as they are material, are as follows:
Charles A. Scott, of the county of Albemarle, died in 1865, possessd of considerable real and personal estate. TTis widow, P. 33. Scott, qualified as his administratrix, and in 1866 she, in her own right, as administratrix of her deceased husband, and as guardian of their infant children, filed a bill in the Circuit Court of Albemarle county for the administration of his estate, making all necessary parties defendants. Into this suit, at a later day, came the creditors of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Simmons v. Lyle's adm'rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1880
- Thomas v. JonesSupreme Court of Virginia · 1897
- Scott's Ex'x v. AshlinSupreme Court of Virginia · 1890
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- Marye v. DiggsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1900
- City of Richmond v. Williams & BoweSupreme Court of Virginia · 1904
- Davis v. DavisSupreme Court of Virginia · 1903