Maddock's Admx. v. Skinker
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Hustings Court of the city of Roanoke, pronounced October 19,1891, in a suit in chancery wherein J. H. Skinker was the complainant, and Mad-dock’s administratrix and others were the defendants.
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Appeal from a decree of the Hustings Court of the city of Roanoke, pronounced October 19,1891, in a suit in chancery wherein J. H. Skinker was the complainant, and Mad-dock’s administratrix and others were the defendants. This was a suit in chancery instituted by the appellee, J. H. Skinker, for the purpose of ascertaining the interest of George M. Evans in the partnership of Maddock & Evans, and subjecting the same to the payment of an execution, which complainant held against said Evans. The bill charged that George M. Evans was a member of the firm of Mad-dock & Evans ; that there was a…
1Opinion of the CourtRiely, J.
A motion was made by the appellees to dismiss the appeal on the ground that the matter in controversy is merely pecuniary, and, exclusive of costs, is less in value or amount than five hundred dollars. The matter in controversy, however,is the entire amount of the judgment claimed by J. M. Gambill & Co., which, inclusive of principal and interest, amounted at the date of the decree to $951.79. The appellant controverted it wholly as a liability of the late firm of Maddock & Evans, but the court established it against the partnership for the full amount. It appearing that certain attorneys,…
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