Haynes v. Peterson
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Wise county. Decree for complainant. Defendants appeal. The opinion states the case. ,
1Opinion of the Court
Whittle, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The material facts of this case are these: Appellee, A. T. Peterson, was convicted on two indictments for forgery' at the June term, 1910, of the Circuit Court of Scott county, and on July 9th following was sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary for six years. At the time of his conviction, Peterson was heavily indebted, and at the suit of some of his creditors his lands had been rented to pay liens, and other creditors were threatening to bring suit to subject his entire real estate to sale to satisfy their liens by judgments and deeds of…
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