Martin's Adm'r v. Fielder
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Albemarle county, rendered May 28, 1885, in the cause of John Martin Fielder and others, plaintiffs, against Henry Loving, administrator of Thomas Martin, deceased, and the widow and heirs of the decedent, defendants. The decree being that the administrator pay de bonis decedentis to John Martin Fielder $826.10, with interest, &c., and to Elnora Snellson $321.69, with interest, &c., the former obtained an appeal and supersedeas.
1Opinion of the CourtFauntleroy, J.
This suit was instituted by John M. Fielder and his sister, Elnora Snellson, and her husband, against the administrator and heirs of Thomas Martin, deceased (Fielder and his sister claiming to have been wards of the said Thomas Martin), for the purpose of enforcing settlement in behalf of each of said wards, and of dividing, by sale or otherwise, a tract of land between said Martin’s heirs and the said complainants.
The only appellant is the said administrator of Thomas Martin, deceased, against whom the circuit court decreed in favor of each of the said complainants (on account of Martin’s…
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