Garland's Adm'r v. Garland's Adm'r
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Lynchburg rendered December 5th, 1881, in a suit in chancery wherein John S'. Slaughter, administrator de bonis non, with the will annexed, of Samuel Garland, Sr., deceased, is complainant, and Charles Y. Morriss, administrator with the will annexed of Burr Garland, deceased, and Mary Garland, his surety, are defendants. • The defendants demurred to the bill for want of jurisdiction in the Virginia courts and for want of necessary…
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Appeal from decree of circuit court of Lynchburg rendered December 5th, 1881, in a suit in chancery wherein John S'. Slaughter, administrator de bonis non, with the will annexed, of Samuel Garland, Sr., deceased, is complainant, and Charles Y. Morriss, administrator with the will annexed of Burr Garland, deceased, and Mary Garland, his surety, are defendants. • The defendants demurred to the bill for want of jurisdiction in the Virginia courts and for want of necessary parties. The circuit court sustained the demurrer and dismissed the hill for want of jurisdiction. The complainant obtained…
1Opinion of the CourtFauntleroy, J.
It appears from the record that Samuel Garland, Sr., who was a citizen of Virginia and resident of Lynchburg, died there in 1861 seized and possessed of a large estate, real and personal, in Virginia, and also of a large estate, real and personal, in the State of Mississippi, the latter consisting of two large plantations called “ Barrens” and “ Tudor Hall,” respectively, in hinds county, Mississippi, and a third large plantation in Coahoma county, Mississippi, and of slaves, farm-stock, and implements, provisions, furniture, and provender on the said three plantations needful for and used in…
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