Legal Opinion

Harvey v. Alexander

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided December 15, 1822PublishedCited by 36 opinions

This was an appeal from the chancery court of Fredericksburg. Samuel Harvey, surviving partner of Harvey and Armistead, filed his bill against William Thornton Alexanc^er’ an(^ ^10}7 his wife, John Taliaferro, John S. Taliaferro, son of the said John, and James G. Taliaferro.

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This was an appeal from the chancery court of Fredericksburg. Samuel Harvey, surviving partner of Harvey and Armistead, filed his bill against William Thornton Alexanc^er’ an(^ ^10}7 his wife, John Taliaferro, John S. Taliaferro, son of the said John, and James G. Taliaferro. The bill states that on the 3d of April, 1810, the plaintiff recovered, in Spottsylvariia county court, a judgment against the defendant Alexander for g 800, with interest from the 25th of April, 1802: that an execution was taken out, but not put into the hands of any sheriff, because the said Alexander had, before that…

1Opinion of the Court

December 6th.

Judge Cabell

delivered the opinion of the court.

The appellant, a judgment creditor of William T. Alexander, for a debt contracted in April, 1802, prefer-*233j'ed his bill, seeking to set aside, as voluntary and frandnlent, two deeds executed by the said William T. Alexandec; one of them bearing date the 10th day of 1802, the other bearing date the 16th of December, 1804. He farther contends that if the deeds be not fraudulent, the last of them is void as to creditors, not having been recorded within the time required by Jaw. The appellees deny the fraud, and aver that both deeds were…

2Cited by36 opinions

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  2. Graham v. LockhartSupreme Court of Alabama · 1845
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  4. Preble v. BaldwinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1850
  5. Rockhill v. SpraggsIndiana Supreme Court · 1857

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