Crockett v. Doriot
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of the circuit court of Wythe county, rendered at its September term, 1886, in a chancery cause wherein Catherine Doriot and her husband were complainants, and Susan J. Crockett and her husband were defendants. From this decree, which was in. favor of the complainants, the defendants obtained an'appeal and supersedeas. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
The case is as follows: In December, 1819, Susan J. Crockett, intending to carry on the business of a milliner, purchased from Catherine Doriot a stock of goods and gave in part payment thereof her note for $404.26. The business failing, the note was not paid. In 1881 Susan J. Crockett inherited one-third of a certain tract of land, and the residue of the said tract was conveyed to her for life-remainder to her children. The appellees, Doriot and wife, filed their bill to subject this real estate to the payment of the said note, alleging the foregoing facts. To this bill the defendants…
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