Perkins v. Lane
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Louisa county, rendered March 23, 1883, in the chancery cause of E. H. Lane’s Executrix v. Day Lodge and als. The object of the suit was to settle the estate of the decedent. In that suit D. W. Perkins, administrator, with the will annexed of David A. Perkins, deceased, filed on March 22, 1882, a petition in that suit setting up a claim against said estate.
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Appeal from decree of circuit court of Louisa county, rendered March 23, 1883, in the chancery cause of E. H. Lane’s Executrix v. Day Lodge and als. The object of the suit was to settle the estate of the decedent. In that suit D. W. Perkins, administrator, with the will annexed of David A. Perkins, deceased, filed on March 22, 1882, a petition in that suit setting up a claim against said estate. The circuit court dismissed the petition, and the said administrator obtained an appeal to this court.
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was a suit in equity in the circuit court of Louisa county, the object of which was the settlement of the estate of E. H. Lane, deceased. In the progress of the cause, to wit, on the 21st of March, 1883, the appellants filed a petition asserting a claim against the estate, which was rejected by the decree complained of.
It appears that some time prior to the late war a decree was entered in a suit, then pending in the said court, styled Bunch and Wife v. Perkins and als., directing the sale of certain real estate. Sale was made, and duly…
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