Legal Opinion

Garland v. Garland

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided April 30, 1891PublishedCited by 22 opinions

Appeal from decre’e of circuit court of Lynchburg, rendered November 15th, 1888, in the chancery cause wherein John F. Slaughter, administrator de bonis non of Samuel Garland, Sr., c. i. a., against Burr Garland’s administrator de bonis non, c. t. a., and as such substituted trustee for Paulina B. Morris and her children, in the place of Charles Y. Morris, Sr., deceased, and others; which is a sequel to the case of Garland v. Garland, 84 Va., 181. The object of the suit was…

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Appeal from decre’e of circuit court of Lynchburg, rendered November 15th, 1888, in the chancery cause wherein John F. Slaughter, administrator de bonis non of Samuel Garland, Sr., c. i. a., against Burr Garland’s administrator de bonis non, c. t. a., and as such substituted trustee for Paulina B. Morris and her children, in the place of Charles Y. Morris, Sr., deceased, and others; which is a sequel to the case of Garland v. Garland, 84 Va., 181. The object of the suit was to enforce a decree rendered in the State of Mississippi against Burr Garland’s estate and others, and for distribution…

1Opinion of the CourtHinton, J.

As the case was presented on the former appeal, it appeared that Wm. H. Garlan'd, executor of Burr Garland (deceased), had brought a suit in the proper court in Mississippi, to settle the administration accounts of his testator as administrator c. t. a. of Samuel Garland, Sr., deceased. That the court in Mississippi ascertained the amount due to be $64,130.88, and decreed that the domiciliary executor, the said Wm. H. Garland, should pay the same to John F. Slaughter, who had qualified in Virginia as administrator de bonis non c. t. a. of the said Samuel Garland, Sr. Burr Garland died in…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Nichols v. EatonSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
  2. Broadway National Bank v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882

3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Davis v. MitchellCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1943
  2. Henderson v. HendersonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1923
  3. Seymour v. McAvoyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1898
  4. San Diego Trust & Savings Bank v. HeustisCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1932
  5. Hutchinson v. MaxwellSupreme Court of Virginia · 1902

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