Legal Opinion

Tarter v. Wilson

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided July 15, 1897PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Wythe county, pronounced July 13, 1894, in a suit in chancery, wherein the appellant was the complainant, and the appellees were the defendants.

1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.

The appellant filed his hill in the Circuit Court of Wythe *20county, in which he alleged that Elijah Tarter departed this life in the year 1878; that his widow, the appellant’s mother, qualified as administratrix of his estate and executed bond as such upon which appellant and his brother, M. J. Tarter, were sureties; that a suit was instituted against the administratrix and others for a full and final settlement of her decedent’s estate, and in that suit two decrees were rendered against her as such administratrix in favor of the appellant as guardian of his sister, E. M. Wilson, one at the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Fishburne v. FergusonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1888
  2. Niday v. Harvey & Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1852

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Rinehart & Dennis Co. v. McArthurSupreme Court of Virginia · 1918
  2. Smith's Adm'r v. Charlton's Adm'rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1851
  3. Tate v. ChumbleySupreme Court of Virginia · 1950
  4. Stanley v. MullinsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1948
  5. Laughlin v. MorauerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1988

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