Legal Opinion

Holland v. Trotter

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided April 10, 1872PublishedCited by 19 opinions

This was an appeal from the decree of the Circuit court of Pittsylvania county, rendered on the 10th day of November 1869, in a cause in which Joseph H. Trotter was plaintiff, and Stephen Holland and his wife were defendants, by which decree the defendants were perpetually enjoined from enforcing a judgment recovered by them against Trotter. The facts as they appear to the court are sufficiently stated in the opinion.

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This was an appeal from the decree of the Circuit court of Pittsylvania county, rendered on the 10th day of November 1869, in a cause in which Joseph H. Trotter was plaintiff, and Stephen Holland and his wife were defendants, by which decree the defendants were perpetually enjoined from enforcing a judgment recovered by them against Trotter. The facts as they appear to the court are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The case was argued by Grattan for the appellants, and Dabney and Gordon for the appellee

1Opinion of the CourtChristian, J.

This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit court of Pittsylvania county.

*137The transcript of the record shows the following case :

At the November term of said court, in the year 1867, a judgment was recovered against J. J. and C. C. Tinsley, late merchants, trading under the firm and style of J. J. and G. C. Tinsley, and J. J. Tinsley and C. C. Tinsley and J. H. Trotter, surviving partners, of themselves and Joseph D. Dabbs, late merchants and partners, trading under the firm of Tinsley, Trotter & Co., for the sum of $485, with six per cent. interest thereon, from the 22d day of June 1861.

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2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Stephenson v. TavernersSupreme Court of Virginia · 1852
  2. Parrill v. McKinleySupreme Court of Virginia · 1852
  3. Hill v. BowyerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1868
  4. Smith v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1826

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Smith's Adm'r v. Charlton's Adm'rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1851
  2. Dey v. MartinSupreme Court of Virginia · 1883
  3. Thompson v. LaughlinCalifornia Supreme Court · 1891
  4. Wray v. DavenportSupreme Court of Virginia · 1884
  5. Glenn v. BrownSupreme Court of Virginia · 1901

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