Legal Opinion

Hodnett's Adm'x v. Pace's Adm'r

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided May 3, 1888PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Error to judgment, of corporation court of the city of Dan-ville, rendered April 21st, 1887, in an action of debt on a bond wherein John P. Pace, administrator of G-. T. Pace, deceased, suing for the benefit of James It. McCully, administrator of Charles Lucas, deceased, the defendant in error, was plaintiff1, and Harcissa Hodnett, administratrix of M. B. Hodnett, deceased, the plaintiff in error, was the defendant.

1Opinion of the CourtFauntleroy, J.

The plaintiff sued out of the clerk’s office of the circuit court of Pittsylvania county, on the 9th day of July, 1881, a summons against M. B. Hodnett, surviving obligor of himself and John M. Sutherlin, deceased, in a plea of debt for $241 25, with interest thereon from the 18th day of October, 1858, till paid.

To the declaration the defendant, M. B. Hodnett, demurred; and, thereupon, by consent of the parties, the case was removed from the circuit court of Pittsylvania county to the corporation court of the'town of Danville, in which latter court it was duly docketed, and continued from…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Woodworth v. President, Directors, & Co. of the Bank of AmericaNew York Supreme Court · 1821
  2. Worrall v. . ParmeleeNew York Court of Appeals · 1848
  3. Priest v. WhitacreSupreme Court of Virginia · 1883
  4. Peck v. CrouseNew York Supreme Court · 1864
  5. Elgin v. HallSupreme Court of Virginia · 1886

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  2. United American Fire Insurance Co. v. American Bonding Co. of BaltimoreWisconsin Supreme Court · 1911
  3. Consumers Ice Co. v. JenningsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1902
  4. Ragsdale v. HagySupreme Court of Virginia · 1852
  5. Lee v. TapscottCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1796

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