Legal Opinion

Sutton v. Marye

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided January 14, 1886PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Error to judgment of circuit court of city of Richmond, rendered February, 1885, on a motion, wherein John F. Sutton, John L. Bradley, Joel Kaylor, and John W. Johnston, were plaintiffs, and Morton Marye, the auditor of public accounts of the State of Virginia, was defendant, to quash two writs of venditioni exponas, issued in the Commonwealth against Campbell, sheriff of Washington county, and said Sutton and fifteen others, sureties of said sheriff on his official bond,…

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Error to judgment of circuit court of city of Richmond, rendered February, 1885, on a motion, wherein John F. Sutton, John L. Bradley, Joel Kaylor, and John W. Johnston, were plaintiffs, and Morton Marye, the auditor of public accounts of the State of Virginia, was defendant, to quash two writs of venditioni exponas, issued in the Commonwealth against Campbell, sheriff of Washington county, and said Sutton and fifteen others, sureties of said sheriff on his official bond, which writs were issued December 31, 1884, and January 6, 1885, respectively, and directed the one to the sheriff of…

1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.

On the 14th of November, 1867, a judgment was rendered in the circuit court of Eichmond, in favor of the Commonwealth against the plaintiffs in error, who were the sureties of James L. F. Campbell, sheriff of Washington county, on his official bond, and against the said sheriff for the sum of $7,240.87, with interest at the rate of twelve per centum per annum, and costs.

On the 12th of December, 1867, an execution issued upon the said judgment, and was placed in the hands of the sheriff of said county, who levied the same upon the personal property of the said Campbell, late sheriff, and upon…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Walker v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1867

3Cited by5 opinions

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  3. Paine v. TutwilerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1876
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