Coleman v. Stone
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Montgomery county, rendered at its May term, 1886, in a chancery cause of R. M. Craig’s Administrator against W. A. Stone’s Executor and others. In that suit W. M. Coleman filed his petition setting up a debt against W. E. Stone as principal and W. A. Stone as surety. The decree being adverse to petitioner, he appealed. Opinion states the case. Argued at Wytheville, decided at Staunton.
1Opinion of the CourtRichardson, J.
The facts of this case are as follows: In 1871 the appellant, W. M. Coleman, held two bonds, the one executed by W. A. Stone *387alone, and the other for $600, dated January, 1861, and payable on demand by W. E. Stone as principal and his father, said W. A. Stone, as surety. This suit, which was a creditors’ bill, was then pending in Montgomery circuit court, the testator’s executor being said W. E. Stone. An account of debts being taken under a decree in' the suit, the appellant proved the debt due him by W. A. Stone as principal, and he forebore to prove the other debt against him as surety for…
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