Sipe v. Taylor

The decree brought under review by this appeal is the sequel •of a long-drawn-out litigation as to the liability of Zachariah Taylor, as surety for purchasers of real estate sold under the •decree of the Circuit Court of Rockingham county in a chancery cause instituted in the year 1869, or prior thereto, having for its object the marshaling of the assets of the estate of Joseph H. Conrad, who died in 1861, and the application of these bassets to the decedent’s debts.

In the chancery cause referred to, styled Baugher’s Admr. v. •Conrad’s Admr., a decree was entered in October, 1869, appointing…