Snavely v. Pickle
Supreme Court of Virginia
This case was argued at Wytheville and decided at Staunton. It was a bill filed by John Snavely against the heirs-ab-law of Philip Pickle, deceased, in the circuit court of Smythe county, to be permitted to redeem what he claimed to be a mortgage upon a tract of land in said county. The facts are stated in the opinion of Judge Burks. The cause came on to be heard upon the 30th of April, 1875, when the court dismissed the bill.
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This case was argued at Wytheville and decided at Staunton. It was a bill filed by John Snavely against the heirs-ab-law of Philip Pickle, deceased, in the circuit court of Smythe county, to be permitted to redeem what he claimed to be a mortgage upon a tract of land in said county. The facts are stated in the opinion of Judge Burks. The cause came on to be heard upon the 30th of April, 1875, when the court dismissed the bill. And thereupon John Snavely applied to a judge of this court for an appeal; which was allowed.
1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.
This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Smythe county, dismissing the bill of the appellant, filed against the heirs of Philip Pickle, deceased, to redeem a tract of land from an alleged mortgage to said decedent.
The appellant being indebted to one Joseph ~W. Davis in the sum of $1,422.65, by deed bearing date the 20th ■ of February, 1841, in which his wife united, conveyed this land (his own) to a trustee to secure the payment of this debt, with accruing interest, investing the trustee with power óf sale for default of payment after four years from the date of the deed.
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