Bristow v. Home Building Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from two decrees of the Circuit Court of the county of Henrico, one pronounced September 14, 1893, and the other December 9, 1893, in a suit in chancery wherein the Home Building Company (Perpetual) was the complainant, and the appellant and others were the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
George D. Gaines, of the city of Richmond, being the owner of lot No. 178 in the plan of Sidney, adjacent to the city of Richmond, in the county of Henrico, and desiring to improve the same, borrowed from the Home Building Company (Perpetual), the sum of twenty thousand dollars, for which he executed nine bonds, the first eight being each for the sum of $2,200, and the ninth for the sum of $2,400. Said lot 178 was divided into nine lots, and he executed nine separate deeds of trust, securing one of said bonds upon each of said lots. These several deeds were each dated October 6, 1892, and…
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