Pettyjohn's Ex'or v. Woodroof's Ex'or
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of city of Lynchburg rendered May 17th, 1879, in a suit wherein Jesse M. Pettyjohn and Joseph Pettyjohn, executors of Joseph Pettyjohn, deceased, Charles Pettyjohn, administrator of G. W. Pettyjohn, deceased, William H. Curie, administrator of William Pettyjohn, deceased, C. T. Hill, administrator of Wyatt Pettyjohn, deceased, and also of Elizabeth Wells, deceased, and Eliza C. Ridgeway, Rhoda Ridgeway, and Harriet Ridgeway, executrices of…
Read the full summary
Appeal from decree of circuit court of city of Lynchburg rendered May 17th, 1879, in a suit wherein Jesse M. Pettyjohn and Joseph Pettyjohn, executors of Joseph Pettyjohn, deceased, Charles Pettyjohn, administrator of G. W. Pettyjohn, deceased, William H. Curie, administrator of William Pettyjohn, deceased, C. T. Hill, administrator of Wyatt Pettyjohn, deceased, and also of Elizabeth Wells, deceased, and Eliza C. Ridgeway, Rhoda Ridgeway, and Harriet Ridgeway, executrices of Mary or Polly Ridgeway, deceased, are complainants, and John W. Daniel, executor of Seth Woodroof, deceased, is…
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
William Pettyjohn died in 1822, and his will was proved and recorded in Amherst county, in the same year. The testator, after providing for his widow, divided his estate equally between his six children surviving him, and his grandson, Seth Woodroof, an infant son of a deceased daughter—that is, one-seventh to each. As to the shares of his surviving children, he provided that if any of the children should die without leaving lawful issue, then the share of such child so dying should revert hack to the surviving children of the testator. And as to his infant grandson, above named, he provided…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Tabb's Curator v. CabellSupreme Court of Virginia · 1867
- Martin v. GreerCoweta County Superior Court, Ga. · 1842
3Cited by7 opinions
- Bartlett v. PattonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1889
- Anderson v. NorthropSupreme Court of Florida · 1892
- McDowell v. BeckhamWashington Supreme Court · 1913
- Daniel v. LipscombSupreme Court of Virginia · 1910
- McKown v. McKownWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1923
2 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.