Moore v. Triplett
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from several decrees of the Circuit Court of Shenandoah county, pronounced in three chancery suits heard together, in two of which the appellees, or some of them, were the complainants, and the appellants were the defendants, and in the other the appellants were the complainants, and some of the appellees were the defendants.
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Appeal from several decrees of the Circuit Court of Shenandoah county, pronounced in three chancery suits heard together, in two of which the appellees, or some of them, were the complainants, and the appellants were the defendants, and in the other the appellants were the complainants, and some of the appellees were the defendants. M. M. Moore borrowed of Israel Allen five thousand dollars May 9, 1882, and a like sum July 20, 1882, which sums he secured by deeds of trust*on portions of his real estate. On July 11,1885, he was largely indebted to his mother on various accounts, and she was…
1Opinion of the CourtEiely, J.
This is the sequel of the case of Moore v. Triplett, reported in 23 S. E. 69.
The main question involved by the appeal is the propriety of the decree of the Circuit Court subjecting to the payment of the debts of Israel Allen and others the land conveyed by Morgan M. Moore to his mother by the deed of July 11, 1885, and settled by her by a eotemporaneous deed on his wife and children.
The debts were due by him, and assumed by his mother. They constituted a large part of the consideration for the conveyance to her of his land, and were successfully relied upon at the hearing of the former appeal…
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