Wilde v. Fox
Supreme Court of Virginia
This was an appeal from the Richmond chancery court. John Fox and Maria his wife, (the latter of whom was daughter and devisee of Esme Smock deceased,) the said Fox as executor of Esme Smock, and Heathen Smock his widow, filed their bill in chancery against William Wilde, and Thomas Watson.
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This was an appeal from the Richmond chancery court. John Fox and Maria his wife, (the latter of whom was daughter and devisee of Esme Smock deceased,) the said Fox as executor of Esme Smock, and Heathen Smock his widow, filed their bill in chancery against William Wilde, and Thomas Watson. The case, as extracted from the original and amended bills, is, in substance, as follows: that Esme Smock, in his lifetime, being indebted to Miles Selden, gave him a mortgage on a tract of land near Richmond, called Fairfield, to secure the payment of the money: that Smock being unable to pay, the…
1Opinion of the Court
Judge Brooke*
delivered the opinion of the court, that the decree of the chancellor should be affirmed.
Judge Roane; absent from indisposition.
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