Sayers v. Wall
Supreme Court of Virginia
In June 1871 William J. Wall and William J. Jordan, late merchants and partners, who sued for the benefit of William J. Wall, filed their bill in the County court of Pulaski county, in which they alleged that in 1867 they had recovered a judgment against Reuben Sayers for $1,266.52, with interest, &c.
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In June 1871 William J. Wall and William J. Jordan, late merchants and partners, who sued for the benefit of William J. Wall, filed their bill in the County court of Pulaski county, in which they alleged that in 1867 they had recovered a judgment against Reuben Sayers for $1,266.52, with interest, &c. That said Sayers had no personal property liable to execution, but that he was seized in fee simple of a tract of land in the county of Pulaski containing seven hundred and fifty acres; and that the rent of this land would not pay their debt in five years. And making Reuben Sayers a party…
1Opinion of the Court
Anderson J.
This controversy is in relation to the *365deed executed by Reuben Sayers to his wife, Eleanor Ann Sayers, on the 15th day of November 1855; whether the real estate conveyed by it vested in Mrs. Sayers, and descended to her children and heirs at her death; and whether they can hold it against subsequent creditors of Reuben Sayers.
Before proceeding with this inquiry, it will be well to dispose of a question raised by the record, whether the appellants, or any of them, have, by their deed, reinvested Reuben Sayers with any interest or estate, which he may have passed to «his wife by said…
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