Raines v. Shipley

Candler, Justice.

The first question for decision is whether the principal amount of $6670 which the trial court awarded to Mrs. Nancy Griggs Shipley is excessive or c.ontrary to the facts. In contending that it is excessive, the plaintiffs in error say that Mrs. Shipley is limited in her recovery to 16/28 of one-third of the amount received by the executors of the estate of Mrs. Theodosia Stewart Griggs, deceased, from property sold by said executors in which Mrs. Shipley had a one-third undivided remainder interest, consisting altogether of $11,450 from the sale of timber from the Eandolph…