Robertson v. Gillenwaters
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Washington county, rendered February 25th, 1884, in the cause of Louisa P. Gillenwaters and others v. W. K. Heishell’s Administrator and others. The decree being adverse to the defendants, Wyndham Robertson, one of the sureties of the said administrator and others, appealed. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtHinton, J.
This is a suit in equity brought by certain distributees of one Louis Toncray, deceased, to have a settlement of the administration account of the decedent’s estate, and to recover of the sureties of his personal representatives the distributable balance to which they might be found to be entitled.
The administrators are shown to have made two ex parte settlements of their accounts prior to the institution of this suit; the last of these in February, 1859, when the balance ascertained to be due from the administrators was $50.95. Shortly afterwards, however, there came into the hands of these…
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