Coldiron v. Asheville Shoe Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Lee county pronounced November 14, 1895, in a suit in chancery wherein the Asheville Shoe Company, suing on behalf of itself and all other lien creditors of J. J. Kelly, Sr., was the complainant, and appellants were the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtRiely, J.
The liability of certain lands in Lee county for the payment of judgments recovered against J. J. Kelly, Sr., is the matter for determination in this case. These lands were purchased with the proceeds of other lands in Wise county that had belonged to Kelly.
In determining this matter, the main question for consideration is whether Kelly did in fact convey, in 1884, to his daugher, Rebecca Coldiron, and to his son, James F. Kelly, his land in Wise county, which is designated in the record as the “Moon-Kelly” tract; for upon the decision of that question the case, in our view, mainly turns.
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