Morrison v. Bausemer & Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
In a suit in equity in the circuit court of Rockingham, in which certain judgment creditors of Samuel S. Coffman, Michael D. Coffman and Jason ST. Bruffy, individually and as partners, were plaintiffs, and said Coffmans and Bruffy were defendants, a decree was made directing a commissioner to take an account of the debts of the said Coffmans, which were liens on a tract of land conveyed by them by two deeds in trust, the first to secure to James W. Morrison a debt of…
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In a suit in equity in the circuit court of Rockingham, in which certain judgment creditors of Samuel S. Coffman, Michael D. Coffman and Jason ST. Bruffy, individually and as partners, were plaintiffs, and said Coffmans and Bruffy were defendants, a decree was made directing a commissioner to take an account of the debts of the said Coffmans, which were liens on a tract of land conveyed by them by two deeds in trust, the first to secure to James W. Morrison a debt of $12,000, and the second to secure all their debts equally. The commissioner made his report, stating debts which, with their…
1Opinion of the Court
Moncure, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The controversy in this case is among creditors of the same debtors having liens on the same real estate of such debtors, and is concerning the order of priority of said liens respectively among themselves.
The said real estate consists of several hundred acres of land situate in the county of Rockingham, which was owned by the said debtors, to wit: 8. A. Coffman and M. D. Coffman.
The said creditors claiming on the one side are, the appellant James W. Morrison, who claims a lien on the said real estate under a deed of trust dated the 16 th day of…
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