Young v. Devries
Supreme Court of Virginia
This was a suit in equity in the circuit court of Loudoun county brought by Devries, Stephens & Co. to subject certain parcels of land which had been sold by Tazewell Lovett to satisfy a judgment they had recovered against said Lovett in August, 1866. The suit was a creditor’s hill in behalf of all the lien creditors of Lovett.
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This was a suit in equity in the circuit court of Loudoun county brought by Devries, Stephens & Co. to subject certain parcels of land which had been sold by Tazewell Lovett to satisfy a judgment they had recovered against said Lovett in August, 1866. The suit was a creditor’s hill in behalf of all the lien creditors of Lovett. The bill sets out five parcels of land which had been.sold to different persons, all the deeds for which had been admitted to record since the plaintiffs’ judgment was docketed. But it appeared that these purchasers had been in possession of their land some of them as…
1Opinion of the CourtChristian, J.
This case is before us on appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Loudoun county.
The bill was filed by the appellees, Devries, Stephens & Co., for the purpose of enforcing their judgment lien against certain lands in the hands of the vendees of their judgment debtor, Tazewell Lovett.
At the August term, 1866, of the county court of Loudoun, the appellees recovered a judgment against Lovett for the sum of $1,305.44 with interest from April 10th, 1866, and $6.33 costs.
This judgment was docketed on the 15th day of November, 1866. An execution proving unavailing, this suit was instituted to…
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