Legal Opinion
Ashworth v. Brown
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 17, 1910PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Wise county. Decree for the defendant. Complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The appellants, Ashworth, Kilgore and Bond, trustees of the estate of R. L. Brown, a ban Irrupt, filed their bill in the Circuit Court of Wise county, claiming that in September, 1905, R. L. Brown purchased from divers parties a number of lots; that at the time of the purchase Brown owed large sums of money to various creditors, whose debts had been scheduled in the list of liabilities filed by him as a bankrupt; that the lots aforesaid were purchased by Brown with his *357own money, and that with his own means he erected upon them a valuable house,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Keagy v. TroutSupreme Court of Virginia · 1888
- Burwell's ex'or v. LumsdenSupreme Court of Virginia · 1874
- Payne v. HutchesonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1880
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