Simms v. Ramsey
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Fayette County. Suit by M. J. Simms and others against W. H. Ramsey .and others. From, the decree, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Poffenbarger, Judge:
This appeal taken by judgment lien creditors involves primarily a question of priority of liens, turning on the status of a deed of trust which, on its face, purports to secure the payment of four negotiable promissory notes for the sum of $2,500.00 each.
The notes described in 'the deed of trust, payable to the order of J. P. Chapman and W.. E. Deegans, at the Kanawha Valley Bank, Charleston, W. Va., were made and delivered to the payees thereof by W. H. Ramsey, the judgment debtor, but he was not, at the date of the execution thereof, indebted to Chapman and Deegans in…
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