Legal Opinion

Carter v. Hough

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided March 20, 1890PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from decree of circuit court of Loudoun county rendered October 22, 1888, in a chancery suit wherein Hough, Gray & Co. were complainants, and B. G. Carter, the appellant, was defendant.

1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.

This suit was by bill in equity by the appellees and other lien creditors of the appellant, Benjamin G. Carter, to subject his real estate to the lien of their judgments, and certain trust-deeds. In the progress of the suit an account of liens was taken. Among these judgment liens were the liens of three *669judgments confessed by the said Benjamin G. Carter in favor of his mother, Mrs. E. 0. Carter: (1) judgment of March 8, 1878, for $5,004 17; (2) judgment of March 8,1878, for $2,106; (3) judgment of July 24, 1878, for $12,000. These judgments were conveyed in trust by the said creditor to a…

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. Carter v. Hough, Gray & Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1892
  2. Peoples National Bank of Greenville v. PedenSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1956

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