Smith v. Mayo
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Powhatan county, rendered at its May term, 1884, in the chancery cause of H. M. Smith & Co. against A. S. Mayo, L. M. Mayo and wife, and W. J. Dance, trustee. The object of the suit was to set aside a certain deed executed by A. S. Mayo, tenth August, 1878, settling certain real estate on his wife, and to subject the same to the payment of a judgment in their favor against said A. S. Mayo, surviving partner of himself and M. M. Mayo.
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Appeal from decree of circuit court of Powhatan county, rendered at its May term, 1884, in the chancery cause of H. M. Smith & Co. against A. S. Mayo, L. M. Mayo and wife, and W. J. Dance, trustee. The object of the suit was to set aside a certain deed executed by A. S. Mayo, tenth August, 1878, settling certain real estate on his wife, and to subject the same to the payment of a judgment in their favor against said A. S. Mayo, surviving partner of himself and M. M. Mayo. There was a reference to a master to take an' acoount of liens and their priorities. As the first lien, there was reported…
1Opinion of the CourtHinton, J.
The only question in this case is as to the validity of a certain judgment for $2,525, which was confessed in the clerk’s office of the circuit court of Powhatan county on the fifth day of May, 1880, in favor of one Joseph E. Mayo by A. S. Mayo, the then clerk of that court. The inquiry arises in this way: In February, 1882, the appellants—who are judgment creditors of said A. S. Mayo, surviving partner of himself and one M. M. Mayo, deceased, and upon whose judgment execution had previously issued and returned “No effects”—instituted their suit in chancery to set aside a certain deed of…
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