Legal Opinion

Smith v. Woodward

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided January 24, 1918PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Southampton county. Decree for complainants. Defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.

This was a suit to set aside a sale of real estate made by a trustee under a deed of trust to secure a creditor. The circuit court set the sale aside, and from its decree setting aside the sale and adjusting the rights of the parties consequent thereon separate appeals were taken by the purchaser and by the trustee.

Benjamin P.. Woodward and wife, by deed bearing date June 1, 1912, conveyed to E. Frank Story, trustee, three parcels of real estate, consisting of a tract of land, a dwell*361ing house and a factory lot, in trust to secure to Mrs. Pattie M. Story the payment of a bond for $7,000, of…

2Cases cited28 opinions

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3Cited by18 opinions

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