Gayle v. Hayes' Adm'r
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Mecklenburg county, rendered 22d November, 1882, in cause -wherein D. D. Gayle was complainant and I. M. Sloan, administrator of E. O. Hayes, deceased, and others, were defendants. Argued at Richmond, hut decided at Wytheville. D. D. Gayle, in November, 1871, married Fanny C., widow of George L. Hayes, Sr. At the time of the marriage she had an only child, a son ten years old.
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Appeal from decree of circuit court of Mecklenburg county, rendered 22d November, 1882, in cause -wherein D. D. Gayle was complainant and I. M. Sloan, administrator of E. O. Hayes, deceased, and others, were defendants. Argued at Richmond, hut decided at Wytheville. D. D. Gayle, in November, 1871, married Fanny C., widow of George L. Hayes, Sr. At the time of the marriage she had an only child, a son ten years old. To him his father had conveyed a tract of 535 acres of land, and to children hy previous wives, he had conveyed other lands. This entire tract of 535 acres was assigned as dower to…
1Opinion of the CourtFauntleroy, J.
It appears from the record that, in the year 1867, George L. Hayes, Sr., died intestate, in the county of Mecklenburg, leaving his widow, Fanny O. Hayes; George L. Hayes, Jr., a son by his first marriage (the said George L. Hayes, Sr., having been four *544times married); Emma E. Hayes (now Edmondson) a daughter by his second marriage; .and E. O. Hayes, a son by his fourth marriage, surviving him. The said George L. Hayes, Sr., died' much indebted, and his entire personal estate was consumed in the payment of his debts. A short time before his death, the said George L. Hayes, Sr., made…
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