Brown v. Butler
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of hustings court of city of Manchester, rendered June 22d, 1889, in a chancery suit of R. L. Brown, &c., surviving partners, &c., against Jos. Butler & others. The decree being adverse to the complainants, they appealed. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was a creditor’s suit in the hustings court of Manchester, to subject certain lots of land situate within the present limits of that city, to the satisfaction of three judgments, recovered many years ago, against Joseph Butler, now deceased. The lots in question were sold, but not conveyed, by Butler prior to the rendition of the judgments, and the question is, whether, in the hands of his alienees, or those claiming under them, they are subject to the lien of the judgments. At the hearing, the court below dismissed the bill, whereupon the…
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