The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-04-10

OF Samuel Garland, Sr.s for the purpose OF
having q construction 3 OF the will of
the latter, and the estate, administered
under the direction of the court. This
suit was rendered necessary by the follow
ing state OF facts: The tessator Had given
his wife, by his will, only the mansion.house
inLynchbnrg. with ;;the far nftHre, &C., afew
family servants, sasd fifty. thousand d0llafsin
bonds and stocSs for sife; and after giving q
number. or specific legacies had given the
residue os his estate to bis two nephews,
Samuel Garland, Jr,, and Charles r. Siaugh.
ter. the remainder Ia the mansion-hGpse
being devised to. Samuel Garland, Jr., and iD
the personal estate given to Mrs. Garland,
the widow, for NE, to an adopted daughter;
but Mrs. Garland was not content with the
provision made for her, and renoupced !,
according to the provisions sof sehe >iswt ID
This complicated snattstsTery mucby yana
rendered the interpositfen or the court ne
cessary, as Mrs. Garland became. entitled "a
one third Of thefeai eetate for life, and one
half Of the personal esiate absolutely.
When Mr.. John r. Slaughter became Che
personal represents thehsuie was revived
In his name as sHch,i and has been pending fr
the court ever since. the administration 81
the estate being under the control Of ths
court all the time. came into the case %
counsel for Dir. slaughter, after the settle,
nent Of his accounts had been referred u
Mr.. Henry r. B6cock as commissioner Of tet
court. w hen the report Of The commits
sioner was made examined the accounts
thoroughly, and found that great injustice
had been done to Mr.. Slaughter IN the set.
Element made, caused by the msnner o
stating the sccounts and the mingHpg TO-
gether of Confederate transactions aud trans.
actions in bonds, stockss and specie the
effect OF which was, by means OF the scale
to reduce his commission to mere piHance,
and 10. make the scale adopted operate
very ipjuriously to him in other respects
I excepted TO the report, and made out 6
special -stutenent which increased the
balance shown due to MIR. Slaughter
from about 81 900 TO about 81, ,00G., This
was done by simply separating 4 the
Confederate transactions from those In
bonds, stocks, and specie, and allowing Mr
Slaughter commission of only three quarter
p,r cent. on the solvent bonds and stocks
sSministered by him and the legal commits.
sion Oh the SPECIE This was sustained bg
Judge WipgfeId, and made the bssis Of the
decree of the court. 1t appears ffom the Az
count stated that Mr.. Slaughter has fully acs
counted for the assets received By him, and
during the war managed the estate with
grest Judgment and discretion, saving 10 Il
many thousands of dollars by disposing ol
stocks which proved at the close of the wal
to be insolyent. There is nothing appearing
in the case to create the slightest suspicion
that he has ever dealt improperly with
any OF the assets, at any time, for his own
advantage or gain, or that he has withheld
unnecessarily from Mrs. Garland or any oil
the legstees what vas coming to them. On
the contrary, by distributing the bonds and
stocks belonging to the estate at an early
period after they came to his hands. MI.
Slaughter made himself personally liable FOL
some DEGREES which have been pronounced
against the estate Of Mr.. Samuel Garland,
Sr.. since the war, and has had to pay the
said DEGREES, or at least so much as Mrs. Gar
land has NOT refunded to him, ontof his OWE
means. .,, 4
The whole record presents case OF fafl
and judicious management or the estate foi
the benefit of those entitled to it; and 50
far asiI have been able to see. MI Slsggtlt
presents as clear record of &s3administfa-
ton of the estate entrusted to him Eas ]
have ever seen presented By any fduciary
in practice of many rs. And l car
further say that have not1nfy never seen
anything in. the reear& but in my con:
situations with him have never discovered
ans thing ID his conduct to warrant the
slightest suspicion against the integrity oi
his dealings. He has aiEsFsstold me TO take
the papers and dor What, thought was right
and just in the cause. Tshe estate is sEil in.
deoted to Mr.. Slaughter Id 9s consifs
amount, and the ,papers--p hiei1 afa esAa 70