Legal Opinion

Tatum v. Ballard

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided March 18, 1897PublishedCited by 18 opinions

■ Appeal from a decree of the Law and Equity Court of the city of Bichmond, pronounced May 6, 1895, in a suit in chancery wherein the appellee, Ballard, was the complainant, and the appellants and others were the defendants.

1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.

J. 'W. Ballard filed his bill in the Law and Equity Court of the city of Richmond, in which he alleged that the heirs of Julius House sold and conveyed a certain lot in the town of Florence, in the State of Alabama, to J. W. Borst, J. M. Matthews, and W. H. McGhee, who paid in cash a portion of the purchase price, and gave notes for the residue; that among these notes was one for $2,610, payable to Lizzie Reid, trustee for the heirs of House, and secured by a vendor’s lien in the conveyance to the grantees; that on the 26th of the same month Matthews sold and conveyed his interest in the lot…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Keller v. AshfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  2. Willard v. WorshamSupreme Court of Virginia · 1882
  3. Osborne v. CabellSupreme Court of Virginia · 1883
  4. Hayes & Wife v. Va. Mutual Protection Ass'nSupreme Court of Virginia · 1882
  5. Higman v. StewartMichigan Supreme Court · 1878

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Thacker v. Hubard & Appleby, Inc.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1918
  2. In Re DeckerDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1969
  3. Norfolk & Ocean View Railway Co. v. Consolidated Turnpike Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1910
  4. Rinehart & Dennis Co. v. McArthurSupreme Court of Virginia · 1918
  5. Lataif v. Commercial Industrial Construction, Inc.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1982

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