Ross v. Darby
Supreme Court of Virginia
ON the 25th day of August 1812, John Darby, adminis- • trator de bonis non of William Churchill, late clerk of Middle-sex> moved the court of that county, against James Ross, late sheriff thereof, and (notice of the motion being proved! ob-K - - a judgment for 93/. 10s.. l£c/. the value of 17,953 PQUnds of tobacco,, at 1 id. .per poünd ; being the amount of clerk’s tickets due the said William ■ Churchill, for the year. ' 1789, put into the hands of the said sheriff for…
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ON the 25th day of August 1812, John Darby, adminis- • trator de bonis non of William Churchill, late clerk of Middle-sex> moved the court of that county, against James Ross, late sheriff thereof, and (notice of the motion being proved! ob-K - - a judgment for 93/. 10s.. l£c/. the value of 17,953 PQUnds of tobacco,, at 1 id. .per poünd ; being the amount of clerk’s tickets due the said William ■ Churchill, for the year. ' 1789, put into the hands of the said sheriff for collection, acC01’dinS t0 bis receipt, dated the 15th of March, 1790 ; also' for interest thereon, at the rate of five per…
1Opinion of the Court
the president pronoune» ed the court’s opinion, that, upon all the circumstances of the case, the debt • recovered by the said judgments should be presumed to have been paid.
Both judgments reversed, and judgment entered that the defendant in error take nothing by his motion, &c.
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