Haleys v. Williams
Supreme Court of Virginia
By deed dated June 10. 1823, Mereday Haley conveyed to his sons Philip and William Haley, in fee, a mill and sixty-five acres of land thereto adjoining, and another tract of sixty acres, lying in Caroline county. The consideration expressed in the deed was 1500 dollars, and a receipt for the money of the same date with the deed, was subjoined to it.
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By deed dated June 10. 1823, Mereday Haley conveyed to his sons Philip and William Haley, in fee, a mill and sixty-five acres of land thereto adjoining, and another tract of sixty acres, lying in Caroline county. The consideration expressed in the deed was 1500 dollars, and a receipt for the money of the same date with the deed, was subjoined to it. The same Mereday Haley, by deed dated June 18.1823, conveyed to Samuel Chiles and Timothy Chandler, trustees, a tract of 340 acres of land in Caroline, and the same mill and lands comprised in the deed of June 10.1823, ten slaves, sundry stock of…
1Opinion of the CourtGreen, J.
The transactions impeached in this case, are so palpably fraudulent, that it would be a waste of time to discuss the proofs in detail. The decree subjecting the property in question to the satisfaction of the plaintiffs’ judgments, is, therefore, right in principle, but it is erroneous in its details in several particulars. (Here the judge pointed out several errors in the details of the decree, and indicated the proper corrections thereof: they involved no principle.)
The decree directs, that Richard Williams shall participate equally with James Williams, in the distribution of the funds held…
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