Morrison v. Lavell
Supreme Court of Virginia
Argued at Staunton, but decided at Richmond. Appeal from decree of circuit court of Rockbridge county, rendered August 17, 1883, in the chancery cause wherein Abraham Lavell was complainant, and S. B. Morrison, administrator of William M. Gold, deceased, and Daniel Brown and Andrew Patterson, sureties on his official bond, and others, were defendants. This is a sequel to the cause of Lavell v. Gold’s Administrator, 25 Gratt. 473.
1Opinion of the CourtHinton, J.
In the summer of 1857, William M. Gold, the intestate debtor, died, leaving a considerable estate, real and personal, and in August, 1857, S. B. Morrison, one of the appellants, qualified as his administrator, giving as sureties on his official bond Daniel Brown and Andrew Patterson, both now deceased, whose personal representatives are also appellants. Shortly after his qualification the administrator, as he admits, was informed that the appellee, Abram Lavell, held a claim against the estate of the intestate Gold, although the amount was not stated. In June, 1859, the administrator having…
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