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Burson v. Andes

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided June 16, 1887PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from decree of the circuit court of Washington county, rendered eighteenth May, 1885, in the cause of M. D. Andes and India A., his wife, against Z. L. Burson and others. The object of the suit was to annul a certain deed of trust executed by Andes and wife on her separate property to secure Burson as endorser for Andes on a loan of $500 to him, and also the sale which was made under it. The decree being in favor of complainants, the defendants appealed.

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Appeal from decree of the circuit court of Washington county, rendered eighteenth May, 1885, in the cause of M. D. Andes and India A., his wife, against Z. L. Burson and others. The object of the suit was to annul a certain deed of trust executed by Andes and wife on her separate property to secure Burson as endorser for Andes on a loan of $500 to him, and also the sale which was made under it. The decree being in favor of complainants, the defendants appealed. Opinion states the case.. county, rendered May 5th, 1886, in a suit wherein Harvey Terry was complainant, and John W. Wright,…

1Opinion of the CourtHinton, J.

In appears by the record in this case that, on the sixth •day of September, 1880, M. D. Andes and India A., his wife, executed a deed of trust to one "A. H. Blanchard upon a house and lot in the town of Goodson, Ya., owned by the said India A. Andes as her separate property, the principal if not the only, object of which said deed was to secure the appellant, Z. .L. Burson, against any loss or damage as endorser upon a note of the said M. D. Andes for five hundred dollars. This note was renewed by the bank until the twentieth day of July, 1881, when Burson, instead of having the note renewed,…

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