McClanahan's Administrator v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Montgomery county. Decree for the defendants. Complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
Ferdinand Borer, formerly a citizen of Virginia, residing at the city of Boanoke, was a large land owner in Montgomery and Botetourt counties and the city of Boanoke. In the years 1884, 1885 and 1886 a number of judgments were recovered against him, all of which were duly docketed. In the year 1886, shortly after the recovery of the judgments above referred to, Borer left the State of Virginia and became a resident of the State of West Virginia, where he continued to reside until his death, on the 23d day of March, 1906. W. D. Martin, the sheriff…
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