Legal Opinion
Norton Grocery Co. v. Peoples National Bank
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 20, 1928PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
Jones and Combs were road builders working in Wise eounty and had fallen on evil days. Both money and credit had been exhausted. Mr. Henry Eoberts was appointed trustee to act for them in the further execution of their contract, and he also had come to the end of his resources.
Creditors, among whom were the plaintiff and the defendant, stood an excellent chance of losing all that was due them. In this emergency, and in the hope *198that something might be saved from the wreck if the contract should be completed, this agreement was entered into:
“This agreement made this the 5th day of November,…
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