Cabells v. Puryear
Supreme Court of Virginia
This is a sequel to the ease of Puryear v. Cabell <$• als, 24 Gratt. 260, and all the facts upon which the only question in this appeal depends, are stated in that report of the case. That question .relates to the time when interest shall be charged upon the advancements to the legatees by Colonel Wilson and his widow, in order to effect the equality directed by the testator among his children.
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This is a sequel to the ease of Puryear v. Cabell <$• als, 24 Gratt. 260, and all the facts upon which the only question in this appeal depends, are stated in that report of the case. That question .relates to the time when interest shall be charged upon the advancements to the legatees by Colonel Wilson and his widow, in order to effect the equality directed by the testator among his children. When the cause went back, the court referred it to a commissioner to take an account of the advancements, and "of the proceeds of the sale of the estate-made by commissioners in 1874. From the report…
1Opinion of the CourtChristian, J.
This case is for the second time before this court, and is reported under the name of Puryear & als. v. Cabell & als., 24 Gratt. 260.
In the record now before us, a single question is presented for our consideration. After the case was sent back to the circuit court, that court proceeded to convert the estate into money, and by its decree rendered on the 30th April 1875, directed a distribution thereof among the legatees. The only error now complained of is that in directing the several legatees to be charged with advancements made by the testator in his lifetime, and by his widow in her…
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- Puryear v. CabellSupreme Court of Virginia · 1874