Kinney's executors v. McClure
Supreme Court of Virginia
This was an appeal from the Staunton ehancery court. Many points were made in the argument; but, as the court only decided one point, viz.: the propriety of the plea of the act of limitations, this report will be confined to that part of the subject.
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This was an appeal from the Staunton ehancery court. Many points were made in the argument; but, as the court only decided one point, viz.: the propriety of the plea of the act of limitations, this report will be confined to that part of the subject. McClure, as surviving partner of Hart, Miller, &c. filed a bill against Ann Kinney, &c. executors of Jacob Kinney, deceased, and the devisees of the real estate, to recover a sum of money which the complainants had put into the hands of the said Jacob Kinney, as an attorney, to collect; and which, they alleged, he had collected, and failed to pay…
1Opinion of the Court
February 5.
Judge Brooke,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The court is of opinion, that the evidence in the record, is not sufficient to repel (he plea of the acts of limitations. The decree is, therefore, reversed, and the bill dismissed.
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