Brown v. Rice's adm'r
Supreme Court of Virginia
This is art action of debt in the Circuit court of Rockingham county, brought by William R. Warren, adm’r c. t. a. of Milly Rice, deceased, against Mary B. Brown, upon two bonds executed by said Mary B. Brown to said Milly Rice. The defendant filed two special pleas, to which the plaintiff demurred, and the demurrer was sustained; and there was judgment in favor of the plaintiff'. Mrs. Brown thereupon applied to this court for a supersedeas; which was allowed.
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This is art action of debt in the Circuit court of Rockingham county, brought by William R. Warren, adm’r c. t. a. of Milly Rice, deceased, against Mary B. Brown, upon two bonds executed by said Mary B. Brown to said Milly Rice. The defendant filed two special pleas, to which the plaintiff demurred, and the demurrer was sustained; and there was judgment in favor of the plaintiff'. Mrs. Brown thereupon applied to this court for a supersedeas; which was allowed. The case is sufficiently stated by Judge Anderson, in his opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
This is an action of debt by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error upon tvro bonds—one for $1,900, payable one day after date, and the other for $491.55, payable on or before the 1st of July 1869, both bearing the same date, the 24th of February 1869. They are executed to Milly Rice, the intestate of plaintiff below, and signed “ Mary B. Brown, adm’x of A. B. Brown,” with a (seal) annexed.
The defendant tendered two special pleas under the statute in bar of the action, both of which were rejected by the court. The second plea is substantially a plea to this effect. That the…
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