Hobson v. Whitlow
Supreme Court of Virginia
Argued at Bichmond and decided at Staunton. Appeal from decree of circuit court of Campbell county, rendered 28th October, 1882, in the suit of John II.
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Argued at Bichmond and decided at Staunton. Appeal from decree of circuit court of Campbell county, rendered 28th October, 1882, in the suit of John II. Whitlow and Samuel S. Whitlow, legatees and devisees of their father, W. W. Whitlow, deceased, against E. M. Ilobson and Susan, his wife, and James W. Hobson and Bettie L., his wife, for $1049.32, balance due on the bonds executed by C. C. Better-ton for the juireliase money of a tract of land sold under a decree of said circuit court in the cause of Maddox, administrator, v. Whitlow’s executor, which was afterwards conveyed to J. W. Herndon…
1Opinion of the CourtFauntlekoy, J.
On the 7th July, 1871, E. M. Stratton and E. A. Murrell, commissioners in the suit of Maddox-, administrator, r. Whit-low’s executor, sold a tract of land, formerly belonging to W. W. Whitlow, to Mrs. O. C. Betterton, for the sum of $3276. She made the cash payment of $100, and executed her three bonds for $1058.66 each, with W. J. Betterton and J. W. Hob-son, as sureties.
Mrs. Betterton died before any of the said purchase money bonds were paid, and leaving a totally insolvent estate.
On the 3rd day of July, 1880, this suit was instituted by John H. Whitlow and Samuel S. Whitlow, legatees and…
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