Davis v. Chapman
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from two decrees of the circuit court of Fairfax county rendered at its November term, 1882, and at its June term, 1883, respectively, in the chancery cause of Chapman v. Lyman Broughton and John C. Davis. The decree iyas adverse to the defendants, and Davis procured from one of the judges of this court an appeal and supersedeas. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtFauntleroy, J.
At the December term, 1872, of the county court of Fair-fax county, Virginia, Lyman Broughton qualified as admin*68istrator d. b. n. of tlie estate of Waite Broughton, deceased, executing an official bond in the penalty of $2,000, on which the appellant, J. C. Davis, became surety. In 1880, the appellee, John Chapman, for himself and other creditors of 'the said Waite Broughton, deceased, filed his bill against the said Lyman Broughton, administrator d. b. n. of Waite Broughton, aforesaid, and John C. Davis, surety on his official bond, for the purpose of compelling a settlement of the…
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