Perkins v. Clements
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Thomas J. Perkins, in the year 1837, was a member of the firm of Thomas J. Perkins & Co., and borrowed of Isham W. Clements, for the use of the firm, the sum of §580, and gave therefor a single bill, to which he signed the name of the firm, made payable to Cary Clements, the wife of Isham Clements, at his request.
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Thomas J. Perkins, in the year 1837, was a member of the firm of Thomas J. Perkins & Co., and borrowed of Isham W. Clements, for the use of the firm, the sum of §580, and gave therefor a single bill, to which he signed the name of the firm, made payable to Cary Clements, the wife of Isham Clements, at his request. After the execution of the said single bill, Clements continued to deal on credit with Thomas J. *Perkins & Co., and with the firm of Joseph K. Bowles & Co., who succeeded to their business, and of which Daniel Perkins, who was a member of the first firm, was also a partner. On the…
1Opinion of the CourtTyeer, J.
Thomas J. Perkins, in September, 1836, executed his bond to Cary Clements, wife of Isham W. Clements, for the sum of $580. The money for which the bond was given, was handed over to the obligor, in the absence of the wife, by the husband. In 1840, the husband died, and the app'ellant, the obligor in the bond, became the administrator of the husband; and then the wife instituted a suit against him on the bond, and recovered judgment in 1845. Perkins applied for and obtained an injunction to this judgment, which was dissolved, and he then appealed. In his bill praying the injunction, he alleges…
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