Gibboney's Ex'x v. Kent
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decrees of circuit court of Montgomery county, pronounced December 5, 1878, December 5, 1882, and May 19, 1883, respectively, in the cause of Jacob Kent’s heirs and distributees, complainants, against Elizabeth G. Gibboney, executrix of Robert Gibboney, executor of said Jacob Kent, and others, defendants. The decrees were unfavorable to the executrix, and she obtained an appeal and supersedeas.
1Opinion of the CourtFauntleroy, J.
The record discloses the following case: In the year 1858,. Jacob Kent, of the county of Montgomery, in- Virginia, died seized of a large landed estate, and possessed of large personal property, and left no will. On the 8th of June, 1858, at the request of the children of the said Jacob Kent, who were entitled as heirs and distributees of his estate, Robert Gibboney qualified as administrator of the estate of the said intestate.
The personal assets which came into his hands amounted to $57,500, inclusive of slaves of the appraised value of $33,500. The indebtedness of the estate amounted to…
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