Town of Danville v. Pace
Supreme Court of Virginia
These were two actions on the case, brought in June 1868 in the Circuit court of the town of Danville, and afterwards removed to Richmond, by James B. Pace against the town of Danville, to recover interest due upon two certificates of debt issued by said town and purchased by said Pace.
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These were two actions on the case, brought in June 1868 in the Circuit court of the town of Danville, and afterwards removed to Richmond, by James B. Pace against the town of Danville, to recover interest due upon two certificates of debt issued by said town and purchased by said Pace. It appears that by *the order of the council of the town of Danville there was sold at public auction, in September 1863, $20,000 of the bonds or certificates of debt of said town, payable in ten and twenty years, and bearing interest at the rate of six per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually, and of these…
1Opinion of the CourtStaples, J.
The plaintiff in the court below, who is the defendant in error here, is the holder of four notes or certificates of indebtedness, executed by the town of Dan-ville in 1863, amounting in the aggregate to twelve thousand dollars, and maturing ten and twenty years after date, with interest thereon, payable semi-annually. In the year 1868 the plaintiff instituted actions of trespass on the case in the Circuit court of Danville, for the recovery of the interest which had accrued upon these notes from the 1st *day of January 1865, to the 1st day of January 1868. The cases were subsequently removed…
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