Messmore v. Stone

Opinion by

Judge FIines:

Roberts died in June, 1863, intestate, leaving four children underage and three of them- under fourteen years of age. He owned at his death some real estate, nineteen slaves and some personal property. On the '29th of July, 1863, the appellee, Stone, administered on the estate and on the 10th day of August, 1863, he filed a suit in equity against the heirs and creditors alleging that the indebtedness of the estate, the extent of which was unknown to him, was greater than the amount that could be realized from the personalty, and asking the court to have the indebtedness…