Apperson v. Dowdy
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Buckingham, rendered 28d October, 1884, upon a proceeding by petition* of Thomas F. Dowdy and Mary F., his wife, to establish the lost record of the will of Jacob Duncan, deceased, in accordance with Code 1873, chapter 172, sections 13 and 14. The circuit court confirmed the report of the special commissioner establishing the lost record of the will just as the same was set forth in the petition.
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Appeal from decree of circuit court of Buckingham, rendered 28d October, 1884, upon a proceeding by petition* of Thomas F. Dowdy and Mary F., his wife, to establish the lost record of the will of Jacob Duncan, deceased, in accordance with Code 1873, chapter 172, sections 13 and 14. The circuit court confirmed the report of the special commissioner establishing the lost record of the will just as the same was set forth in the petition. The land which, under the will, came to the female petitioner at the death of the life-tenant, Peter Duncan, had been conveyed by him in 1862, seven years…
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Buckingham county, Virginia, rendered at the October term, 1888, upon a proceeding to set up a lost will, before a special commissioner of the circuit court, appointed for the purpose of setting up lost records. In February, 1879, Dowdy and wife filed their petition before the special commissioner, to set up the will of one Jacob Duncan, alleging that he died leaving a will, which was probated and was destroyed by fire in February, 1869; that they desired to re-establish it; that they knew of no official copy of the same; that the…
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