Ryan's adm'r v. McLeod
Supreme Court of Virginia
This case was heard in Staunton and decided in Richmond. It was a creditor’s bill commenced in the county-court of Frederick and afterwards transfered to the circuit court, brought in February, 1873, by Thomas M. Miller, for himself and the other creditors of Joseph Long, deceased, to subject the real estate of which said Long died possessed to the payment of his debts.
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This case was heard in Staunton and decided in Richmond. It was a creditor’s bill commenced in the county-court of Frederick and afterwards transfered to the circuit court, brought in February, 1873, by Thomas M. Miller, for himself and the other creditors of Joseph Long, deceased, to subject the real estate of which said Long died possessed to the payment of his debts. Joseph Long died in 1861 intestate, leaving four children, viz: Jane A. McLeod, Mary E. Rust, Robert H. Long and George A. Long; who divided the real estate among them. His personal estate had been carried off or destroyed…
1Opinion of the CourtStaples, J.
The creditors of Joseph Long, deceased, brought their suit in equity for the purpose of obtaining satisfaction of the debts due them out of the real estate in the possession of his heirs. It appeared in the progress of the cause that one of the heirs, Robert H. Long, had aliened his share of the realty to a bona fide purchaser before the institution of the suit; and was utterly insolvent.
The circuit court, by its decree entered at the March term, 1875, held that the other heirs were responsible each for his portion of the decedent’s debts, according to the value of the lands descended, but…
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