Johnson v. Lucas
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the city of Eadford rendered in a suit in chancery wherein the appellants were the complainants, and the appellees were the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
The object of this suit, which was brought by the appellants, was to set aside a judgment confessed by Lucas, one of the appellees, in favor of Thomas, the other appellee, and to annul the proceedings in a chancery suit instituted by Thomas to subject the lands of Lucas to the satisfaction of that judgment,, (which resulted in the sale and conveyance of said lands to Thomas by a commissioner of the court), upon the ground that the confession of judgment and all proceedings had to enforce its collection were for the purpose of hindering, delaying and defrauding the appellants in the collection…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Williams v. Lord & RobinsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1881
- Spence v. RepassSupreme Court of Virginia · 1897
- Lucas v. Clafflin & Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1882
- Gottlieb v. ThatcherSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
3Cited by18 opinions
- Hutcheson v. Savings Bank of RichmondSupreme Court of Virginia · 1921
- Neff v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1927
- Fowlkes v. TuckerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1935
- Gold v. Laines (In Re Laines)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 2005
- Shoemaker v. Chapman Drug Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1911
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