Fones v. Rice
Supreme Court of Virginia
This was a suit in chancery in the Circuit court of Buckingham county, by George Fones, against John C. Patterson and others, to set aside a conveyance of land made by Patterson to his two daughters. In November 1841, Fones and Nelson A. Patterson became the sureties of John C. Patterson in a forthcoming bond, which Was forfeited, and upon which an execution was sued out and levied on the property of Fones, when he paid it off.
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This was a suit in chancery in the Circuit court of Buckingham county, by George Fones, against John C. Patterson and others, to set aside a conveyance of land made by Patterson to his two daughters. In November 1841, Fones and Nelson A. Patterson became the sureties of John C. Patterson in a forthcoming bond, which Was forfeited, and upon which an execution was sued out and levied on the property of Fones, when he paid it off. It appears that the original judgment was recovered against John C. Patterson in April 1841. In February 1840, John C. Patterson executed a deed by which he conveyed…
1Opinion of the Court
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delivered the opinion of the court.
The court is of the opinion that the deed in the bill mentioned of the 8th of February 1840, between the appellees John C. Patterson and his two daughters Mary L. and Cicily M., was fraudulent and void as to creditors. The deed purports to be made “ in consideration of the sum .of one dollar, but more especially by virtue of the love and affection that he (the grantor) has for his said two daughters;” and was executed at a time when according to the proofs in the cause the grantor was greatly embarrassed and indebted, most probably to the extent…
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