Holmes v. Holmes

This is an appeal from a circuit court order allowing the final account of Edward R. Stanton, receiver.

A bill of complaint was filed by the plaintiffs in which it was charged that the defendants, Alice M. Holmes and William D. Bell, defrauded the plaintiff, Albert J. Holmes, out of a large sum of money which he would have received from the estate of his foster-father. The bill asked for an injunction restraining defendants from disposing of the property and for the appointment of a receiver.

The defaults of the defendants were taken for failure to file answers. On the hearing of a motion to…