Blanton v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Richmond. This was a motion by the Commonwealth in the Circuit Court of Richmond, on the official bond of Peter B. Crowder, treasurer of Amelia county, bearing date June 23, 1887, against said treasurer, and the sureties on his bond.
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Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Richmond. This was a motion by the Commonwealth in the Circuit Court of Richmond, on the official bond of Peter B. Crowder, treasurer of Amelia county, bearing date June 23, 1887, against said treasurer, and the sureties on his bond. The Commonwealth, through the Attorney General, gave notice to the defendants in the Circuit Court that, on a day mentioned in the notice, it would ask the Circuit Court of the city of Richmond, then in session, for judgment against them for the sum stated in the notice, with interest. The notice was in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The Commonwealth of Virginia, through its Attorney-General, gave notice to P. B. Crowder, principal, and B. W. Blanton, M. A. Blanton, Jacob Schlegel, P. E. Bridgeforth, J. A. Wallace, W. L. Scott, and Samuel D. Vaughan, sureties on his official bond as treasurer of Amelia county, bearing date 23d of June, 1887, that on the 16th day of May, 1892, the Circuit Court of the city of Bichmond, then in session, would be asked to render judgment against them for $4,386.93, due the Commonwealth for taxes, with interest on the several sums, constituting…
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