Hickson v. Rucker
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of the corporation court of the city of Lynchburg, entered 1st April, 1819, in the cause of Barnes M. Bucher, plaintiff, against George M. Bucher and others, defendants. At the judicial sale of the real estate sold under decree of that court, in that cause, by B. H. G. Kean and O. M. Blachford, special commissioners, John Hichson became the purchaser of six lots for $855. The sale was reported and confirmed without objection.
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Appeal from decree of the corporation court of the city of Lynchburg, entered 1st April, 1819, in the cause of Barnes M. Bucher, plaintiff, against George M. Bucher and others, defendants. At the judicial sale of the real estate sold under decree of that court, in that cause, by B. H. G. Kean and O. M. Blachford, special commissioners, John Hichson became the purchaser of six lots for $855. The sale was reported and confirmed without objection. He failed to comply with the terms; a rule was awarded against him; he-answered that he should not he compelled to comply with those terms, because he…
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
The appellant was a purchaser at a judicial sale of some lots in the suburbs of the city of Lynchburg. The commissioners named therein, sold under a decree of the corporation court of the said city, entered in the said court in the cause therein of Rucker v. Rucker, which was a suit for the sale of the lands of the ancestor, and distribution of the proceeds among the heirs. Said decree was rendered on the 18th day of October, 1875.
The sale was made on the 19th and 27th of October, 1876. Appellant purchased lots eight, nine, fourteen, fifteen, nineteen and twenty-three, on the first named day,…
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