Johnson v. Merritt
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Brunswick county. Decree for defendants. Complainants appeal. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.
The appeal allowed in this case was from a decree rendered in what is said to be four cases consolidated. ' The questions in controversy, however, were mostly raised in the case under the style of Johnson v. Merritt, which was a bill filed to impeach and set aside decrees and orders made in the other causes. The pleadings and facts are so complicated that it is difficult to make a clear statement that will cover the entire litigation.
In 1869 William H. E. Merritt was the owner of a tract of 1,719y2 acres of land in Brunswick county, and there were numerous judgments against him. George C.…
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