Williams v. Blakey
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Madison county, upon a rule awarded in' the chancery cause of Shirley v. Shirley, &c., against Charles Williams, at the instance of A. E. Blakey and another commissioner in that suit. Upon the hearing of the rule, which Williams answered, the circuit court pronounced against him a decree, from which he obtained an appeal to this court. Opinion states fully all the facts and proceedings necessary to a proper understanding of the case.
1Opinion of the CourtStaples, J.
The appellant was the purchaser of a house and lot in the city of Fredericksburg, under a decree of the circuit court of Madison county, rendered in the chancery suit of Shirley v. Shirley. He executed to the appellees, Blakey and Early, commissioners making the sale, four bonds for $720 each, bearing date August 10th, 1853, and payable severally on the 10th of August, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857.
The bond for the first instalment was paid in January, 1855. The bonds maturing in 1856 and 1857 were paid in May, 1861, under judgment and execution thereon. These *256payments are conceded on both sides.…
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