Hill v. Rixey & Starke
Supreme Court of Virginia
This was a suit in equity in the Circuit court of Culpeper county, instituted in October 1869 by Rixey & Starke, merchants and partners, and as such judgment creditors of Williamson C. George, to subject certain real estate of George to satisfy their judgments.
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This was a suit in equity in the Circuit court of Culpeper county, instituted in October 1869 by Rixey & Starke, merchants and partners, and as such judgment creditors of Williamson C. George, to subject certain real estate of George to satisfy their judgments. The defendants, beside George, were creditors claiming under a deed of trust from him to secure their ■debts, and other judgment creditors of said George; and as the property was not sufficient to pay all the debts, the question in the cause was as to the respective priorities of the creditors. It appears that Rixey & Starke recovered…
1Opinion of the CourtStaples, J.
The appellees, Rixey & Starke, recovered judgments to a considerable amount against. Williamson C. George, at the November term 1860, of the County court of Culpeper. These judgments were docketed on the 11th December 1868. Other creditors obtained judgments against the same debtor, some of' which were recovered during the war, and others after its termination. These latter were, however, not docketed until 1865 and 1866.
On the 21st November 1865 the same Williamson C. George executed a deed of trust upon his real estate to secure the payment of certain debts therein enumerated. This deed was…
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