Walker v. Grayson
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from two decrees of circuit court of Page county, rendered September 2, 1885, and April 22, 1886, respectively, in the chancery suit wherein B. F. Grayson and others are complainants, and W. EL Miller’s administrators and others are defendants.
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Appeal from two decrees of circuit court of Page county, rendered September 2, 1885, and April 22, 1886, respectively, in the chancery suit wherein B. F. Grayson and others are complainants, and W. EL Miller’s administrators and others are defendants. In this suit Mrs. Mary E. Walker and her husband, J. 0. Walker, filed a petition claiming title to part of the land included in the litigation, under a purchase made by her of W. H. Miller in his lifetime, and whereof he had put her in possession. The circuit' court decreed that the petitioners were not entitled to the relief asked for. From the…
1Opinion of the CourtHinton, J.
The chancery suit of Grayson and als. v. W. H. Miller's Adm'r and als., was heard along with two other cases, the records of which are not before us. From the record of the first-named cause, however, it appears that many years ago Jacob Miller died intestate, leaving as his heirs his only children, W. IT. Miller and Mary E. Walker, the present appellant. At the time of his death Jacob Miller was considerably indebted—exactly to what amount is not shown by the record; but as it was stated in argument to be about $8,000, and not controverted, we may infer that that sum is not far from the…
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