Fisher v. Dickenson
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Franklin county, rendered October 30th, 1884, in the chancery causes of Dickenson v. Thompson and Peter L. Fisher v. Dickenson, heard together. The decree being adverse to the said Fisher, he obtained an appeal and supersedeas.
1Opinion of the Court
Richardson, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.. The facts and proceedings are voluminous—hence a succinct statement of them is essential to a proper understanding of the questions at issue. By a trust deed, dated July 21st, 1848, W. P. Thompson conveyed his tract of land containing 270 acres, situated in said county, to Cyrus Price, trustee, to secure certain debts to Warfield Price, on which there was owing to him when the land was sold, May 5th, 1883, the sum of $5,103 50.
On the 3d of March, 1862, in the county court of said county, there was rendered a judgment in the name of L. H.…
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