Smith v. Chilton
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeals from decrees of circuit court of Northumberland county, rendered 26th October, 1880, in the causes of William Chilton, assignee of Lloyd T. Smith, against Smith & Wimsatt and Lloyd T. Smith, and said Chilton, as' such assignee, against Boyd M. Smith and Lloyd T. Smith. The defendants, except Lloyd T. Smith, resided in the District of Columbia, and there acknowledged legal service of the process in the suits.
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Appeals from decrees of circuit court of Northumberland county, rendered 26th October, 1880, in the causes of William Chilton, assignee of Lloyd T. Smith, against Smith & Wimsatt and Lloyd T. Smith, and said Chilton, as' such assignee, against Boyd M. Smith and Lloyd T. Smith. The defendants, except Lloyd T. Smith, resided in the District of Columbia, and there acknowledged legal service of the process in the suits. Lloyd T. Smith resided in Northumberland county, and had under his control effects belonging to the non-resident defendants, which were attached for the debts alleged to be due to…
1Opinion of the CourtHinton, J.
These two causes involve the same question, and will be considered together. Both suits are attachments in equity, in which the circuit court of Northumberland county decreed in favor of the appellee for the full amount of certain claims asserted in said suits, and ordered the sale of the property attached to satisfy the same. At October term, 1880, and before these decrees had been fully executed, the appellants sought to file petitions in which they allege that the appellee, William Chilton, who sues *537as assignee of Lloyd T. Smith, had paid no consideration for these claims; and further,…
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