Scott's Ex'or v. Scott
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Culpeper county rendered at its June term, 1885, in tlie cause of Varinda J. G. Scott, executrix of John Scott, deceased, plaintiff, against Wm. H. Scott and others, defendants. The decree being for the defendants the executrix obtained an appeal. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtFauntleroy, J.
From a transcript of the record of this suit, the following case is presented: On the fourth of July, 1866, William H. Scott executed to Albert Thomas his bond for $1,000, payable twelve months after date, with interest from date. *252John Scott, his father, who was a man of large property, real and personal, indorsed his name upon the back of the said bond, and thereby became the guarantor of its payment. On the same day of the execution of the bond aforesaid, William H. Scott executed a deed of trust upon a tract of land in Culpeper county, to secure the payment of the said bond. The said…
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