Burgess v. Belvin
Supreme Court of Virginia
By deed bearing date the 27th of March, 1872, Rush Burgess and wife conveyed to John A. Belvin and Lewis H. Frayser a tract of forty acres of land lying in the county of Henrico, im.mediately outside of the limits of the city of Richmond, but within one mile of the said limits, in trust to secure the payment to John B. Davis a debt of $2,750, evidenced by a negotiable note of the same date as the deed, and payable at one year, with interest at the rate of ten per centum per…
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By deed bearing date the 27th of March, 1872, Rush Burgess and wife conveyed to John A. Belvin and Lewis H. Frayser a tract of forty acres of land lying in the county of Henrico, im.mediately outside of the limits of the city of Richmond, but within one mile of the said limits, in trust to secure the payment to John B. Davis a debt of $2,750, evidenced by a negotiable note of the same date as the deed, and payable at one year, with interest at the rate of ten per centum per annum from the date of its maturity. This deed was admitted to record in the clerk’s office of the county court of…
1Opinion of the Court
Moncure, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The controversy in this case is between conflicting claimants of liens by deed of trust on the same tract of land lying outside of the limits of the city of Richmond, but within one mile thereof, executed by Rush Burgess and Mary E., his wife; one of them being to John A. Belvin and Lewis H. Erayser, trustees, to secure to John B. Davis payment of the sum of $2,750, for which the said Rush Burgess had made his negotiable note, dated 27th March, 1872, and payable one year after its date, and recorded in the clerk’s office of Henrico county court…
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