Commercial Bank v. Miller
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the city of Lynchburg pronounced December 6, 1895, in a suit in chancery wherein the appellant was the complainant, and the appellees were the defendants.
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Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the city of Lynchburg pronounced December 6, 1895, in a suit in chancery wherein the appellant was the complainant, and the appellees were the defendants. It appears from the evidence that T. P. Jose & Sons retired from the “joint account” arrangement with Miller & Hawkins in May, 1891, and that the notes in suit originated in December, 1891, January, 1892, and September, 1892, respectively? and cannot be traced further back than those dates. The residue of the evidence sufficiently appears in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the city of Lynchburg dismissing the bill of appellant, the Commercial Bank of Lynchburg, filed to enforce, by way of foreign attachment, the collection of a debt amounting to $7,000 and interest, alleged to be due and owing to the bank by B. L. Miller, T. B. Hawkins, William Wilberforce Jose, John Ed*359mund Jose, and Thomas P. H. Jose, as partners in the leaf tobacco business, and trading under the firm style of Miller & Hawkins, the attachment having been levied upon a debt, amounting to about $12,000, due to the Joses, under the style…
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