Brent's Adm'r v. Clevinger
Supreme Court of Virginia
Argued at Staunton, but decided at Kichjnond. Appeal from decree of circuit court of .Frederick county pronounced 9th June, 1882, in the chancery cause wherein James Clevinger and others, devisees of Felix Eoberts, deceased, were complainants, and H. M. Brent, executor of said Eoberts, was defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
Felix Eoberts died in February, 1859, in the county of Frederick, and appellant’s intestate, Henry M. Brent, qual*13ified as his executor the same month. In January, 1873, suit was instituted in the said circuit court against the said Brent, by the appellees, as the devisees and legatees under the will of the said Felix Roberts, and as his heirs at law and next of kin, to procure a settlement of the estate of the said Roberts, and for distribution of the same. The said Brent died in 1875, and the appellant qualified as his administrator.
In the progress of the suit, the transactions of the said…
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