Hale v. Wall
Supreme Court of Virginia
These Avere appeals, the first by John Hale from a decree of the Circuit court of Montgomery county, in a suit in equity, brought in February 1866, by James Wall against said Hale and John B. Slusher, by which there was a decree against Hale, and the bill was dismissed as to Slusher; and the second was an appeal by Wall from the same decree dismissing the bill as to Slusher. A question was made whether Wall’s appeal’ was in time, but this court did not notice it.
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These Avere appeals, the first by John Hale from a decree of the Circuit court of Montgomery county, in a suit in equity, brought in February 1866, by James Wall against said Hale and John B. Slusher, by which there was a decree against Hale, and the bill was dismissed as to Slusher; and the second was an appeal by Wall from the same decree dismissing the bill as to Slusher. A question was made whether Wall’s appeal’ was in time, but this court did not notice it. The case is fully stated in the opinion of the court. The 'case Avas argued by Ronald for Hale, Wade for Wall, and Taylor Phlegar…
1Opinion of the CourtBouldin, J.
In the year 1859, James Wall, then of Montgomery' county, Ya., being about to remove to the State of Missouri, placed in the hands of his friend and neighbor, John Hale, of the same county, for collection when they should' become due, two bonds of one John B. Slusher, dated April 6th, 1859, for $1,302 each; one payable the 10th of April 1861, and the other the 10th of April 1862. These bonds were given by Slusher to Wall for the purchase money in part, of a tract of land in said county, sold by Wall to Slusher, and a lien was retained on the face of the deed to secure their payment. The fact, *427…
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