Saum v. Coffelt
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Shenandoah county, rendered April 18th, 1888, in the suit of William Coffelt against Joseph F. Saum and Joseph Hutchinson, administrators of Robert Hutchinson, deceased, and others.
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Appeal from decree of circuit court of Shenandoah county, rendered April 18th, 1888, in the suit of William Coffelt against Joseph F. Saum and Joseph Hutchinson, administrators of Robert Hutchinson, deceased, and others. The circuit court at the hearing, decreed that R. M. Conn, one of the defendants, recover of said Saum $283.83, with interest thereon from December 8th, 1857, till paid.' From this decree Saum obtained an appeal and supersedeas from one of the judges of this court. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Fauntleroy, J,
delivered the opinion of the court:
The original hill in this case was filed in the county court of Shenandoah to July rules, 1871, and it was simply a creditor’s hill in common form, seeking to subject the real estate of the deceased, Robert Hutchinson, to sale, and apply the proceeds thereof to the payment of his debts. On the 11th day of October, 1871, a decree was rendered by the said county court, referring the cause to a master commissioner for the proper accounts; and on the 9th day of April, 1872, upon a partial report of the master commissioner, a further decree was…
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