Wohlford v. Compton
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Bland county, entered May 1st, 1882, in two chancery causes consolidated and heard together, in one whereof John B. Compton was original plaintiff, and in the other Joseph Wohlford was original plaintiff, and Samuel C. Williams, administrator, and Pamela Williams, widow, and Martha, John, and Bush Williams, infant children of John Williams, deceased, were cross-plaintiffs.
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Appeal from decree of circuit court of Bland county, entered May 1st, 1882, in two chancery causes consolidated and heard together, in one whereof John B. Compton was original plaintiff, and in the other Joseph Wohlford was original plaintiff, and Samuel C. Williams, administrator, and Pamela Williams, widow, and Martha, John, and Bush Williams, infant children of John Williams, deceased, were cross-plaintiffs. In October, 1818, said Joseph Wohlford brought a creditors suit against the estate of said John Williams, deceased, to subject to the payment of his debt, an alleged indebtedness of…
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
In 1863, one A. C. Hall purchased of one William Stuart the real estate in question at the price of $11,000. Of this purchase price $5,000 was paid by Hall in money, and a lien existing on the said property for the sum of $6,000, due to Hr. Painter, the vendor of Stuart. Hall assumed the payment of the said sum of $6,000, and gave his bond for the same. On the 13th of August, 1864, Hall sold this property to Williams & Compton for $600 in gold, and the said Williams & Compton undertaking to pay the $6,000 aforesaid, due on the property, and a lien was retained on one-half of the property to…
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