Legal Opinion

Royall's administrators v. Johnson

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided May 15, 1823PublishedCited by 17 opinions

This was an appeal from the Richmond chancery court. The case is fully stated and discussed in the following opinions.

1Opinion of the Court

May 6.

Judge Green.

The appellants, on the 4th of June, 1803, filed their bill against Gregory Johnson and Thomas Goode, who had severally obtained judgments against them as administrators of J. E. Royall, deceased, seeking to injoin any further proceedings upon those judgments, upon the ground, that since the rendition of the judgments, suits had been brought and were depending against them for the recovery of the whole estate of which their intestate died possessed, by a title paramount to his. The injunction was awarded by chancellor Wythe. Goode answered, and relied, that his debt was of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Edwards v. StateWashington Supreme Court · 1891
  2. Grymes v. PendletonCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1797
  3. Reed v. Tacoma Building & Savings Ass'nWashington Supreme Court · 1891

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Ryan's adm'r v. McLeodSupreme Court of Virginia · 1879
  2. Manion v. FahyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1877
  3. M'Call v. PeachyCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1798
  4. Evans v. SpurginSupreme Court of Virginia · 1854
  5. Noel's Adm'r v. Noel's Adm'rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1889

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