Shenandoah Valley National Bank v. Hiett

Hatcher, Judge:

Plaintiff, a Virginia corporation, recovered two judgments (upon promissory notes) in a Virginia court of general jurisdiction against defendants, residents of that state. Plaintiff then, upon published notice, brought two attachment suits against them in the circuit court of Berkeley County, West Virginia, to subject lands owned there by defendant, Fred Hiett, to payment of the judgments. The suits were consolidated. A decree entered in May, 1938, ordered the lands to be sold. A certified copy of the decree was served on defendant, Fred Hiett, personally, in Berkeley County,…