Berry v. Berry's
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Chancery Court of the city of Richmond sustaining the defense of the statute of limitations to certain notes proved against decedent’s estate. Creditors appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
Celeste Berry and Alberta Lanier were sisters of Oscar H. Berry, deceased, who by his will constituted Celeste Berry and Rolfe E. Glover his executors and trustees. In January, 1914, the executors and trustees filed a bill in the Chancery Court of the city of Richmond to administer the estate of Oscar H. Berry, deceased, under the direction of the court, and an account of the'indebtedness of the estate was ordered. This appeal is from a decree of the chancery court overruling the exceptions of appellants to the disallowance by the commissioner, on the interposition of the statute of…
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