Norfolk Trust Co. v. Foster
Supreme Court of Virginia
This is an appeal from certain decrees rendered by the circuit court of Mathews county, in the consolidated causes-of Hicks v. Shultice and Foster v. Seawell and others. The-bill was filed in the first named case to subject certain real estate of the defendant to the satisfaction of a judgment-against him in favor of the plaintiff.
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This is an appeal from certain decrees rendered by the circuit court of Mathews county, in the consolidated causes-of Hicks v. Shultice and Foster v. Seawell and others. The-bill was filed in the first named case to subject certain real estate of the defendant to the satisfaction of a judgment-against him in favor of the plaintiff. The cause having been matured, and the proper accounts ordered and taken, a decree was entered directing a sale of the land, according to the prayer of the bill. A sale was accordingly made by the commissioners appointed for the purpose, and duly reported to the…
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.
The appellant insists that the decree of October 5, 1876, construing the deed of Shultice and wife to Poster, and the decree of September 23, 1879, refusing leave to file a bill of review to that decree, are erroneous, and that the decree of December 22, 1880, is also erroneous because based on those decrees.
We are of opinion that none of these objections are well founded. The deed in question must be construed according to the intentions of the parties thereto, as manifested by the terms employed by them. There is nothing…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Rawlings' Ex'or v. RawlingsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1880
- Watson v. HoySupreme Court of Virginia · 1877
- Triplett v. AllenSupreme Court of Virginia · 1875
- Elliott v. HortonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1877
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- Witmer v. BloomCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1972
- Evans v. SpurginSupreme Court of Virginia · 1854
- Wayland v. Crank's Ex'orSupreme Court of Virginia · 1884
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