Legal Opinion

Turner v. Turner

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided April 2, 1885PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from decrees of circuit court of Greensville county, entered October 6th, 1881, October 27th, 1882, and December 2nd, 1882, respectively, in the cause wherein Samuel B. Turner, administrator of John S. Turner, deceased, and others, were plaintiffs, and E. L. Turner, trustee, and others, were defendants. Those decrees were in favor of the defendants, and the plaintiffs appealed. Opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

Hinton, J.,

delivered tbe opinion of the court.

On the first day of February, 1875, John S. Turner executed a deed reciting an indebtedness by him to E. J. Peebles, guardian of E. L. Peebles, by bond of even date with the deed, in the sum of $2,100, payable February 1st, 1876, with interest from date, at the rate of eight per centum per annum, and conveying to E. L. Turner, trustee, certain real estate in Greens-ville county, to secure the same.

In 1881, the obligor in the bond having, in the meanwhile, died, and the trustee being about to sell the property, the administrator and heirs of the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Bank of the United States v. Waggener and OthersSupreme Court of the United States · 1835
  2. Moseley v. BrownSupreme Court of Virginia · 1882

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Reger v. O'NealWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1889
  2. Barbour v. TompkinsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1888
  3. Munford v. McVeigh'sSupreme Court of Virginia · 1896
  4. Anderson v. GriffithOregon Supreme Court · 1908
  5. Smith v. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1986

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