Brumbelow v. Brumbelow

Hall, Judge.

This case in the superior court resulted in an affirmance of a judgment of the court of ordinary sustaining the appraisers’ award of year’s support to a widow over a caveat filed by the executors of the deceased’s estate. In this court, the executors assign error on the judgment of the superior court overruling- their motion for new trial. Held:

An appeal from a judgment of a court of ordinary to the superior court is a de novo investigation. Code §§ 6-201, 6-501. Upon the trial of a caveat to the appraisers’ award of year’s support, the appraisers’ return is prima facie evidence…