Yost v. Ramey
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Rockingham county, in a suit in chancery, wherein the appellees were the complainants, and the appellant and others were the defendants.
1Opinion of the Court
Buchanan, L,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The principal question in this case is whether the sureties of Winfield Liggett, executor of E. W. Sibert, deceased, are bound by his alleged executorial bond. The bond was executed after the Code of 1887 had gone into effect, but instead of containing the waiver provided by section 177 of that Code, which was that such bonds should “contain as to the respective obligors a waiver ... of any claim or right to discharge any liability to the Commonwealth arising under said bond or by virtue of said office, post or trust, with coupons detached from…
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- The United States, in Error v. Phineas Bradley, Surviving Administrator of David Ott DeceasedSupreme Court of the United States · 1836
- Pratt v. WrightSupreme Court of Virginia · 1856
- Gibson v. BeckhamSupreme Court of Virginia · 1862
- Jackson v. HopkinsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1896
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