W. & C. Tarr v. Ravenscroft
Supreme Court of Virginia
Barbara McGuire died about the end of the year 1835, having made her will, which was duly admitted to record in the County court of Brooke; and James and Robert Marshel qualified as administrators with the will annexed, with William Tarr and John Hendricks as their sureties. They also qualified as administrators of Francis McGuire with the same sureties.
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Barbara McGuire died about the end of the year 1835, having made her will, which was duly admitted to record in the County court of Brooke; and James and Robert Marshel qualified as administrators with the will annexed, with William Tarr and John Hendricks as their sureties. They also qualified as administrators of Francis McGuire with the same sureties. By her will, after some small legacies, she directed the proceeds of the residue of her estate, both real and personal, to be divided into seven parts, one of which she gave to each of her living sisters, and to the families of her brothers…
1Opinion of the CourtLee, J.
Whether Campbell Tarr is to be regarded as having purchased the interests of the legatees of Barbara McGuire, now claimed by him, on his own account and for his own benefit, or as agent of his father William Tarr, and for the use and benefit of the latter, it was not improper he should be made a party in the case of Bebecca Bavenscroft, the object of which was to obtain a settlement of the estate of Barbara McGuire, and a decree for payment of the various legacies left by her will. Campbell Tarr had taken the assignments of the different legacies purchased in by him to himself in his own…
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