Blair v. Muse
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Pittsylvania county, rendered December 12th, 1884, in the cause of J. D. Blair, suing for himself and others, plaintiffs, against "W. J. Overby, sheriff-administrator of A. L. H. Muse, deceased, Mary Ann Muse, C. L. Carter, and Dorothy S. Carter, his wife, and Rufus Muse. At the hearing the bill was dismissed at the costs of the plaintiffs, who appealed to this court. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Richardson, J.,
delivered opinion of the court.
This case lies within a narrow compass, and may be briefly disposed of. The object of the bill was to enforce the lien of a judgment and execution thereon in favor of the complainant for $537.23, with interest and costs, obtained *239in tlie said court against one A. L. EL Muse, on the fifth of September, 1876.
The bill sets forth that on the fourth of October, 1847, the said Muse conveyed to his wife, Mary Ann Muse, and their children, Dorothy S., Frances Ann, and Rufus Muse, certain personalty and also a tract of land, situate in the said county,…
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