Paxton v. Rich
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of, circuit court of Botetourt county, entered May 17th, 1888, in the chancery cause wherein J. T. Paxton is complainant, and Wm. Stuart, J. W. Stuart, O. B. Thomas, A. Gr. Stalnuher, W. W. Rich, D. A. Snow and John S. Henderson, late sheriff and administrator of P. M. Paxton, deceased, are defendants. The decree being unfavorable to J. T. Paxton and said administrator, they appealed. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is the second appeal in this case. The first is reported under the style of Paxton v. Stuart, 80 Va. 873, where the principal facts connected with the litigation are stated by Judge Richardson in delivering the opinion of the court. On *380that appeal this court declared all the decrees of the circuit court to be erroneous which were rendered after the death of the defendant, P. M. Paxton, on the ground that when those decrees were rendered the estate of the decedent was not represented before the court, and remanded the cause for further…
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