Legal Opinion

Hooper v. Hooper's Ex'rs

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided November 25, 1886PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Johnson, President:

This is a suit in chancery instituted in the Circuit Court, of Taylor county and removed to Marion county, the object of which Avas to surcharge and falsify the accounts of Charles E. Hooper and W. S. Hooper, the executors of the will of John W. Hooper, deceased, and to settle the said accounts and, the executors being insolvent, to obtain a decree against the sureties on the bond of the executors for the ■ devastavit of the executors. There had been three ex parte settlements made. The bill charged, that many of the credits therein allowed, specifically setting 'them out,…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Parsons v. . LymanNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
  2. United States Ex Rel. MacKey v. CoxeSupreme Court of the United States · 1856
  3. Wilkins v. EllettSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
  4. Dawes v. BoylstonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1812
  5. Goodwin v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1807

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Hooper v. HooperWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1889
  2. Kanawha Lodge v. SwannWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1892
  3. Emmons v. GordonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1897
  4. Thompson v. DekumOregon Supreme Court · 1898
  5. King v. BurdettWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1898

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