Reynolds' Ex'or v. Pettyjohn
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Franklin county, pronounced 16th May, 1882, in the cause of Archer Pettyjohn and others, distributees of the estate of Amanda Taliaferro, deceased, against James Calloway and others.
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Appeal from decree of circuit court of Franklin county, pronounced 16th May, 1882, in the cause of Archer Pettyjohn and others, distributees of the estate of Amanda Taliaferro, deceased, against James Calloway and others. By the said decree it was adjudged that Charles B. Reynolds, deceased, as receiver in the said cause, had collected, as of 8th November, 1860, the sum of $530, and that his estate was liable therefor to the said distributees, and ordered that Stephen Watts, executor of said Reynolds, pay the same de bonis testatoris. From this decree said executor obtained an appeal and writ…
1Opinion of the CourtFauntleroy, J.
By a decree of the county court of Franklin county, in which this cause originated, and from which it was removed to the circuit court of Franklin county by operation of law pronounced on the 1st day of February, 1860, Charles B. Reynolds was appointed a commissioner to make sale of certain slaves, the property of the plaintiffs, as the heirs at law of Amanda Taliaferro, deceased. On the 2d July, 1860, the said Reynolds, commissioner, made his report of sale of the slaves in the bill and proceedings mentioned, belonging to the estate of Amanda Taliaferro, deceased, as follows, viz: Robert, a…
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