Brown v. Chapman
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to decree of circuit court of Wythe county, rendered at its September term, 1891, in a suit of injunction to a judgment by default, wherein F. J. Chapman was complainant and James E. Brown, the appellant, was defendant. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The appellee filed his bill in the circuit court of Wythe county to enjoin a judgment by default recovered against him by the appellant, at the September term, 1888, of that court, in an action of debt on bond. The process by which the action was commenced was directed to the sheriff of Roanoke county, of which county the appellee was a resident, and was *175served on him in that count}, as appears by the return thereon. The appellee was the sole defendant in the action, aud the cause of action arose in Wythe county.
The bill was filed about three years…
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