Legal Opinion

Lackland v. Davenport

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided March 15, 1888PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Error to judgment of circuit court of Botetourt county, rendered May 27tla, 1887, affirming the judgment of county court of said county, rendered December 14th, 1886, upon the motion of Davenport & Morris and others, whereby the appellants were removed as trustees in a deed of trust executed to them and Walter ÜST.

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Error to judgment of circuit court of Botetourt county, rendered May 27tla, 1887, affirming the judgment of county court of said county, rendered December 14th, 1886, upon the motion of Davenport & Morris and others, whereby the appellants were removed as trustees in a deed of trust executed to them and Walter ÜST. Johnston, since deceased, by hlewton Switzer, dated July 22d, 1879, and duly recorded in the clerk’s office of Botetourt county court, and whereby W. A. Glasgow, Jr., was substituted as sole trustee in their stead. The defendants brought this case here on writ of error and…

1Opinion of the CourtFauntleroy, J.

This motion was made upon notice under the act of the *639general assembly approved March 6th, 1886, (Acts of 1885-6, page 478, chapter 420) which said act is entitled an act to require assignees or trustees to give bonds in certain cases, and is as follows: “ That every trustee or assignee to whom property exceeding two hundred dollars in value is conveyed or assigned in trust for the benefit of creditors, sureties, or other persons, shall, if required by any of said beneficiaries, in writing, before or after entering upon the discharge of his duty as trustee or assignee, give bond with one or…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Town of Danville v. PaceSupreme Court of Virginia · 1874
  2. M'gruder v. LyonsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1851

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Allen v. Mottley Construction Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1933
  2. Brandon Alan McCarthy v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2021

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