Iaege v. Bossieux
Supreme Court of Virginia
Lewis laege being the owner of a lot of ground ia the city of Richmond, on which he desired to erect a small dwelling-house, at a cost of some six hundred or six hundred and fifty dollars, and holding also five shares in the Richmond building fund company, he applied to that company for the loan of a sum of money for the purpose of erecting such a dwelling.
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Lewis laege being the owner of a lot of ground ia the city of Richmond, on which he desired to erect a small dwelling-house, at a cost of some six hundred or six hundred and fifty dollars, and holding also five shares in the Richmond building fund company, he applied to that company for the loan of a sum of money for the purpose of erecting such a dwelling. The company agreed to lend him the money, upon the terms prescribed in their articles and by-laws, by which the money was to be advanced from time to time as the house progressed, and the whole was to b® secured by a deed of trust on the…
1Opinion of the CourtLee, J.
The jurisdiction of this court in this case is, I think, clear and unquestionable. Assuming that the matter in controversy is merely pecuniary, it is not confined to the amount claimed by the appellee but embraces also the amounts claimed by the Building fund company and for which as. they allege they are entitled to priority of payment out of the proceeds of the subject. These alone exceed the sum necessary to give the jurisdiction.
There is as little doubt, I think, of the jurisdiction of the court of equity in the matter of the bill. Its jurisdiction is denied by the counsel for the…
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