Edmunds' Ex'or v. Bruce
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Charlotte county, rendered September 29th, 1890, in a cause wherein the appellants, Thomas Edmunds’ executors, were complainants, and William ,B. Bruce and John B. McPlxail, trustee, were defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
*1008The bill in this case was filed by the executors-of Thomas Edmunds, deceased, to enjoin the trustee, John B. McPhail, Jr., from selling a tract of land belonging to the said Thomas Edmunds’ estate, which was conveyed in trust to secure the payment of the debt due William B. Bruce, which was alleged to be usurious, seeking no discovery and waiving an answer under oath. The case is substantially that the said Thomas Edmunds was indebted to one J. J. Overby for a store account in the year 1878, and was required to pay it. Edmunds requested Overby to borrow $2,000 for him, by which he could pay…
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- Turner v. TurnerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1885
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