Browne v. Bockover
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decrees of corporation court of Norfolk city, rendered May 7th and July 17th, 1885, in the chancery suit wherein Benjamin T. Bockover, string for himself and all other creditors of Minia D. Whitehurst, &c., is plaintiff, and Jane E. Browne, administratrix of V. H. Browne, deceased, O. W. Whitehurst, in his own right and as executor of Minia D. Whitehurst and others, are defendants.
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Appeal from decrees of corporation court of Norfolk city, rendered May 7th and July 17th, 1885, in the chancery suit wherein Benjamin T. Bockover, string for himself and all other creditors of Minia D. Whitehurst, &c., is plaintiff, and Jane E. Browne, administratrix of V. H. Browne, deceased, O. W. Whitehurst, in his own right and as executor of Minia D. Whitehurst and others, are defendants. The decree being in favor of the plaintiffs, the said Jane E. Brown, as such administratrix, obtained an appeal and supersedeas.
1Opinion of the CourtFauntleroy, J.
The facts pertinent to this appeal, as disclosed by the record, are as follows:
C. W. Whitehurst and his wife, Minia D. Whitehurst, resided in the city of Norfolk, Virginia, and had issue which died during the coverture. Minia I). Whitehurst, the wife, died in March, 1881, leaving a will by which she bequeathed and devised to her said husband all her estate, real and personal; which will was duly admitted to probate and was recorded in the corporation court of Norfolk city, and of which said C. W. Whitehurst qualified as sole executor.
The said Minia D. Whitehurst was, during coverture, and at…
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