Dillard's Adm'r v. Dillard
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from four decrees of circuit court of Amherst county-entered 28th of August, and 15th October, 1860, and 15th April and 2Sd May, 1881, respectively, in the cause of Nancy Dillard, the widow, and Martin Webb and Anne, his wife, and others, heirs of John Dillard, deceased, plaintiffs, against Stephen T. Dillard, the administrator, as such, and himself and Sallie J., his wife, and others, heirs of the said decedent, defendants.
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Appeal from four decrees of circuit court of Amherst county-entered 28th of August, and 15th October, 1860, and 15th April and 2Sd May, 1881, respectively, in the cause of Nancy Dillard, the widow, and Martin Webb and Anne, his wife, and others, heirs of John Dillard, deceased, plaintiffs, against Stephen T. Dillard, the administrator, as such, and himself and Sallie J., his wife, and others, heirs of the said decedent, defendants. The object of the suit was to settle the administration accounts, and distribute the personal and partition the real estate of the decedent, who died intestate in…
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The first error assigned is that the appellant in the settlement of his administration accounts was not credited with the amount of taxes which he had paid on the land from 1864 to 1871, inclusive. And the appellees insist that it was error to their prejudice to allow the administrator credit for any portion of the taxes on the land which were assessed after the death of John Dillard, the intestate, which occurre'd in the month of August, 1859. The statute as it then was, and as it has since remained, provides that the land of any decedent shall he…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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