McDearman v. Hodnett
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of corporation court of Danville, rendered May 5th, 1885, in the cause of Annie B. McDearman, by, &c., against M. B. Hodnett’s Administrator and others. Decree being adverse to plaintiff, she appealed. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtRichardson, J.
The object of this suit was the division of the estate of M. B. Hodnett, deceased, who died intestate in the year 1883. The plaintiff in the court below, the appellant here, who sued by her next friend, is one of the heirs at law *282and distributees of the said intestate, who died, leaving a. widow and six children—two sons and four daughters. At the time of his death, the daughters were all married. It is conceded that the intestate, in his lifetime, made advancements to five of his children, about which there is-no dispute. The court below also held that the sixth, Mrs. Annie B. McDearman, the…
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