Hatorff v. Wellford
Supreme Court of Virginia
This was an application to this court by-Mrs. .- Hatorff, widow of-Hatorff, deceased, for a mandamus to compel the judge of the circuit court of the city of Richmond, to allow her a homestead out of the estate of her deceased husband. The case is sufficiently state by Judge Staples in his opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtStaples, J.
The petitioner filed her application in the circuit court for the city of Richmond, stating that her husband was in his lifetime a householder and the head of a family; that he died on the 13th of January 1875, leaving, the petitioner, his widow, and five infant children surviving him; that her said husband was possessed only of personal estate at the time of his death, and that he had not selected or claimed the homestead to which he was entitled. The petitioner therefore prayed the court to appoint commissioners to *assign the same to her in said property in the manner prescribed by law.
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2Cases cited39 opinions
- Homestead CasesSupreme Court of Virginia · 1872
- Thompson v. DouglassWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1891
- Wilkinson v. MerrillSupreme Court of Virginia · 1891
- Burton v. MillSupreme Court of Virginia · 1884
- Linkenhoker's Heirs v. DetrickSupreme Court of Virginia · 1885
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