Legal Opinion

Phipps v. Sutherland

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided November 30, 1959No. Record 5013PublishedCited by 43 opinions

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1Opinion of the CourtI’Anson, J.

The appellants, A. M. Phipps, Administrator, etc.; A. M. Phipps, Trustee; Burl Compton, Administrator, etc.; Earl Speer; A. W. Powers and A. M. Phipps, filed their bill in equity on April 18, 1958, to subject certain lands of S. H. Sutherland, hereinafter referred to as the appellee, to the lien of two judgments rendered in June, 1932, to which bill the appellee filed a demurrer, pleaded the statute of limitations and laches, and filed an answer to the merits. The chancellor sustained the demurrer on the grounds that this suit cannot be maintained under § 8-393, Code of 1950, since the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. McGahey v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  2. Ferguson v. FergusonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1937
  3. Allen v. Mottley Construction Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1933
  4. Duffy v. HartsockSupreme Court of Virginia · 1948
  5. Gloucester Realty Corp. v. GuthrieSupreme Court of Virginia · 1944

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3Cited by43 opinions

  1. Etheridge v. Medical Center HospitalsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1989
  2. Pulliam v. Coastal Emergency Services of Richmond, Inc.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1999
  3. Starnes v. CayouetteSupreme Court of Virginia · 1992
  4. Garraghty v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1995
  5. James Lile Hupman v. Harold C. Cook and Cook and Robinson, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1981

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