Hutcheson v. Grubbs
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Mecklenburg county, entered by the judge thereof, in vacation, on 26th March, 1883, in two chancery suits, in one whereof Rebecca A. Grubbs' administrator was plaintiff, and Charles S. Hutcheson’s executrix and others were defendants, and in the other whereof said C. S. Hutcheson and R. AI. Hutcheson, commissioners, were plaintiffs, and John W. Richardson was defendant.
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Appeal from decree of circuit court of Mecklenburg county, entered by the judge thereof, in vacation, on 26th March, 1883, in two chancery suits, in one whereof Rebecca A. Grubbs' administrator was plaintiff, and Charles S. Hutcheson’s executrix and others were defendants, and in the other whereof said C. S. Hutcheson and R. AI. Hutcheson, commissioners, were plaintiffs, and John W. Richardson was defendant. The object of the suits was to enforce on certain land the liens of certain decrees which were rendered in 1863, for the payment of money, whereon no executions were ever issued. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
In November, 1860, soon after the death of the widow of Joseph Hutcheson, deceased, a friendly suit in equity was instituted in the county court of Mecklenburg county, to which the heirs and distributees of the said Joseph Hutcheson were parties, to sell the land and slaves held by the widow in her lifetime as dower, and to distribute the proceeds among those entitled thereto. Sales of the land and slaves were made by commissioners of the court appointed for the purpose, who did}' reported their proceedings to the court. Of the eleven parties in…
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