Boyd's Adm'r v. Townes' Adm'r
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Mecklenburg county rendered 28tb July, 1882, in the cause of Alfred Boyd, as administrator, and as distributee of Francis W. Boyd, Jr., deceased, and others, against Thomas F. Groode, executor of William Townes, deceased, and others.
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Appeal from decree of circuit court of Mecklenburg county rendered 28tb July, 1882, in the cause of Alfred Boyd, as administrator, and as distributee of Francis W. Boyd, Jr., deceased, and others, against Thomas F. Groode, executor of William Townes, deceased, and others. The object of the suit was to surcharge and falsify the accounts of said William Townes as executor of Francis W. Boyd, ■ Sr., deceased, which had been settled ex parte in 1866, to scale the payments which had been made by said Townes as such executor in 1863, to F. W. Boyd, Jr., one of the distributees of F. W. Boyd, Sr.,…
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
In 1850, Francis W. Boyd, Sr., of the county of Mecklenburg, died, leaving a will, which was admitted to probate March, 1850. William Townes, his father-in-law, who was named in the will as executor, qualified and took charge of the estate. The. said Boyd left a widow (who was the daughter of the executor) and five children.
By the will, the estate was directed to be kept together for the support of the widow and the education of the children. If the widow should marry, then she was to receive a child’s share, and each child was to receive his share on coming of full age. The widow married and…
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