Farmers Bank v. Kent
Supreme Court of Virginia
In February 1853, tbe Farmers Bank of Yirgiuia sued out of tbe clerk’s office of tbe Circuit court of tbe city of Lynchburg, two executions against tbe goods and chattels of John J. Purvis and others; and upon these executions tbe sergeant of tbe city returned that they bad been levied upon a lot of dry goods, tbe property of J. J. Purvis, found in bis storehouse on Main street in tbe city of Lynchburg.
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In February 1853, tbe Farmers Bank of Yirgiuia sued out of tbe clerk’s office of tbe Circuit court of tbe city of Lynchburg, two executions against tbe goods and chattels of John J. Purvis and others; and upon these executions tbe sergeant of tbe city returned that they bad been levied upon a lot of dry goods, tbe property of J. J. Purvis, found in bis storehouse on Main street in tbe city of Lynchburg. And that tbe property levied on was claimed by tbe firm of Kent, Paine & Kent, who bad executed a suspension bond; which was returned therewith. At the June term of tbe court for 1853, on the…
1Opinion of the CourtLee, J.
Waiving the question whether Ptirvis was a trader within the meaning of the thirteenth section of chapter 145 of the Code of Yirginia, and conceding for the purposes of this case, that he was such a trader, the important enquiry occurs whether previous to the levy of the execution upon the goods claimed by the defendants Kent, Paine & Kent, the provisions of the section above referred to had been so complied with as to protect the property against the claims of the creditors of Purvis.
The firm of which that of Kent, Paine & Kent was the continuation, consisted of six persons, Horace L, *259Kent,…
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