Cox v. Romine
Supreme Court of Virginia
This was a bill filed in the Circuit court of Lewis county by Jacob Romine against Philip Cox jr. and John McWhorter, to subject land in the possession of the latter to the satisfaction of a bond executed to the plaintiff by Philip Cox jr. for the purchase money of the land in the possession of McWhorter; which land Cox had purchased of Hugh McQuain, and by an arrangement between them gave his Rond to Romine. The facts are stated by Judge Samuels in his opinion.
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This was a bill filed in the Circuit court of Lewis county by Jacob Romine against Philip Cox jr. and John McWhorter, to subject land in the possession of the latter to the satisfaction of a bond executed to the plaintiff by Philip Cox jr. for the purchase money of the land in the possession of McWhorter; which land Cox had purchased of Hugh McQuain, and by an arrangement between them gave his Rond to Romine. The facts are stated by Judge Samuels in his opinion. There was a decree in favor of the plaintiff subjecting the land to the payment of the debt; and from that decree Cox and. McWhorter…
1Opinion of the CourtSamuels, J.
It appears in the record, that Arnold sold to McQuain a tract of land, on credit, taking bonds for the price, payable in installments, for which the vendor’s implied lien was kept in existence : That one of these bonds for the purchase money was assigned by Arnold to Romine, who, of course, succeeded to Arnold’s right to charge the amo.unt of the bond on the land in the hands of the vendee. McQuain sold to Cox a part of the land bought of Arnold, for the price of 255 dollars 26 cents, the amount of principal and interest due on the bond held by Romine. By an arrangement between McQuain, Cox…
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