Peale's Adm'r v. Thurmond
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Rockingham county, entered 3rd March, 1882, in the cause of Ellen Y. Thurmond, hy her next friend, E. S. Peale, against D. H. Ralston, sheriff of said county, and as such, administrator de bonis non of Jonathan Peale, deceased, and Robert A. Thurmond, the husband of Ellen Y. Thurmond.
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Appeal from decree of circuit court of Rockingham county, entered 3rd March, 1882, in the cause of Ellen Y. Thurmond, hy her next friend, E. S. Peale, against D. H. Ralston, sheriff of said county, and as such, administrator de bonis non of Jonathan Peale, deceased, and Robert A. Thurmond, the husband of Ellen Y. Thurmond. Henry Smith, deceased, devised a farm and mill, in said county,.to his daughter, Elinor, wife of said Jonathan Peale, for her life, remainder to her children. Elinor died in 1839, leaving four children, E. S. Peale, A. N. Peale, Margaret 0., wife of J. T. Bishop, and said…
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
This is an appeal from the circuit court of Eockingham county from a decree pronounced in this cause at the January term, 1882. The case is as follows: Henry Smith, the grandfather of the appellee, by his will devised the Beaver Creek tract of land to Elinor Peale, who was the mother of appellee and the daughter of the said Smith, and who had intermarried with Jonathan Peale, appellant’s testator. The said tract of land was to be held by the said Elinor Peale for life, and remainder to her children. The said Elinor died in the year 1889, and left four children, of whom the said appellee was…
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