Huffmans v. Walker
Supreme Court of Virginia
This was an action of debt in the Circuit court of Craig county, in which Henry Walker was plaintiff and Daniel and Lloyd Huffman were defendants. There was a judgment for the plaintiff; and the defendants obtained a writ of error from a judge of this court. There were several questions made in the Circuit court which were not considered by this court.
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This was an action of debt in the Circuit court of Craig county, in which Henry Walker was plaintiff and Daniel and Lloyd Huffman were defendants. There was a judgment for the plaintiff; and the defendants obtained a writ of error from a judge of this court. There were several questions made in the Circuit court which were not considered by this court. The only questions considered here were, first, whether the defendant Daniel Huffman was a competent witness to prove what passed between him and a certain John H. Walker, since deceased, in relation to a bond of the plaintiff and said Walker,…
1Opinion of the Court
Christian J.
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a writ of error to a judgment of the Circuit court of Craig county. It was an action of debt brought by Henry Walker against Daniel Huffman and Lloyd Huffman as surviving obligors of themselves and Giles Huffman, upon a bond executed by them to the plaintiff for $1,060, subject to two credits endorsed thereon, one for $563.33, the other for $144.23.
The defendants pleaded payment and set-off; to which the plaintiff replied generally. The defendants filed with their plea an account stating the nature of the payment and set-off on which they…
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