Payne v. Payne

*565John J. Payne died intestate in May, 1939, the owner of a farm of 160 acres in Augusta county, Virginia, and certain personal property consisting of livestock, farming implements and farming equipment. The farm was assessed for taxation at $5,200. It was subject to a Federal Land Bank mortgage in the sum of $8,207, made by a predecessor in title and assumed by the intestate, and also subject to a deed of trust securing a Federal Land Bank loan in the sum of $1,200.

John J. Payne left surviving him his widow, Viola J. Payne, and eleven children. Seven of the children were adults and the other…